Conservative activists are yelling “Nazi!” and “Big Brother!” where they used to shout, “Nanny state!” and “Big Government!”
The first two are good, one of the latter, at least, is stupid.
The first two deal with policy issues, and make decisive yet pithy points. The Obama=Hitler thing is just brainless idiocy that will discredit the conservative movement (the Big Brother thing, on the other hand, is quite relevant).
We DO need to make a forceful case for conservatism, and show how Obama is lying and how his policies are the very embodiment of stupidity. We DON'T need to compare him to Hitler (which, when you think about it, is an insult to everyone who fought to take Hitler down, and everyone who suffered because of Hitler's lunacy). Conservatism can do better than to sink into the emotionalistic morass. We don't need to become Code Pink Conservatism.
Oh, get off your high horse. There is far more to political activism than your blogging.
Sound a lot like the Frum/Brooks bedwetting.
I think the dam has broken on the let’s all have a discussion program after the Dim fest of hate over the 8 years of GWB and the Rancor of Pelosi and such.
How about just “fascist”, which is quite correct.
I’ve never heard anyone yell, ‘Nazi’ or ‘big brother’ at any tea party I’ve been to, including the one in DC last Saturday. Everyone was angry, but it was the controlled anger of a right position.
We need to “ENRON” General Electric. And we need to think about using that “study” that shows babies are born racists, therefore it isn’t learned, therefore not their fault, therefore, sympathy.