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The newest movement to take root is the one that is against what the right likes to call “Obamacare”. While I will not argue with their right as citizens of the USA to protest anything what so ever I do have to call this movements new tactic of equating Obama to a Nazi in regards to this legislation.
The photo was shot in Fort Collins, Colo., at a protest outside the office of Rep. Betsy Markey, a Democrat. Just in case it isn’t clear from the description, the poster looks like a symbolic no-smoking sign, with a swastika in place of a cigarette.
I went to the Philadelphia Town Hall… There was at least one sign that protested “Obama’s Nazi healthcare” bill. Apparently the contention was that the bill would fund abortions and would lead to euthanasia of senior citizens, and that this was basically Nazi territory.
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There was at least one sign that protested “Obama’s Nazi healthcare” bill. Apparently the contention was that the bill would fund abortions and would lead to euthanasia of senior citizens, and that this was basically Nazi territory.
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This sort of action has become sadly emblematic of the right wing since the departure of the bush administration and the rise of the Obama administration. We have seen the rise of a movement that is based on outright hate and rage that there is an administration such as Obama’s in office.
What intrigues me is the incredible amount of hate and derangement that the right has been displaying in this new crusade against the left. The many mini movements on the right all seem to spiral into derogatory hatful attacks and the logic argument these groups could use seem to vanish in the mist of rage.
What I think we are seeing is akin to what is seen in pack animals when power shifts. The alpha, whose dominance is waning fights DESPERATLY to maintain control, becoming evermore aggressive in order to stem off the inevitable, change. The right wing was in almost complete control of this nation for eight years, even when the democrats took over the majority of congress they still did not have enough votes to pass any bills or prevent any republican actions making the republicans the party in control even in that time period.
Sadly for the right the right wing politicians acted so poorly and made so many grave errors that the left completely swept the nation clean from right wing control leaving the right wing masses feeling the impending loss of political power. Thus was born the fringe movement we see the right having become today.
Rather than working diligently to recreate legitimacy and therefore legitimate political power and capital in their political faction they have stooped, like the dying alpha wolf to vicious attacks and slanderous behavior. A course of action that seems is only leading the right deeper into the pits of irrelevance and despair.
I am personally very curious to see how far down the right goes before making any type of comeback.
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I forgot to mention the latest development in the right wings movement to bring down obama and his administration, the call for the disruption of local town hall meetings.
Several conservative groups are engaged in efforts to encourage their members to attend town halls. Conservative organizations opposed to health care reform -- including FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, and Conservatives for Patients' Rights -- are conducting a campaign to turn out their supporters to attend those events. CPR has reportedly "confirmed that it has undertaken a concerted effort to get people out to the town hall meetings to protest reform," while FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity have reportedly "organized" the town hall protestors and are "harnessing social networking Web sites to organize their supporters in much the same way Mr. Obama did during his election campaign." [Greg Sargent, The Plum Line, 8/4/09; The New York Times, 8/3/09]link
America's Health Insurance Plans reportedly deploying employees to "track[] where local lawmakers hold town-hall meetings," "rebut" Democrats
Fox News follows up "tea party" promotion with promotion of town hall disruptions
Conservative media birthers also pushing town hall disruptions
The Web site Politico.com on Sunday published a leaked memo written by MacGuffie, "Rocking the Town Halls — Best Practices," in which he detailed how to infiltrate and harass the forums. In the memo, MacGuffie described how the strategy was successful in ruining Rep. Jim Himes' town hall meeting in Fairfield, Conn., and encouraged opponents of Obama's health-care reform proposal to use shouting and interruptions. MacGuffie could not be reached Tuesday for comment.link[ /url]
Conservative critics of President Barack Obama's plan for health care reform are demanding town hall forums across the country, because they want to give members of Congress — particularly Democrats who support the president — an earful of why they think it is a bad idea. Several town halls in other states have become instant YouTube classics, with shouting, angry mobs humiliating congressmen. For the Democrats, it smells like a set-up by conservative advocacy groups such as Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks. Democrats say these groups are trying to torpedo meaningful health care reform.[url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1176622.html]link
This is the latest display of outright hate and aggression waged by the right wing fringe. Rather than taking the opportunity to merely PARTICIPATE in the political system the right has decided the best way to make 'waves' is through aggression and disruption robbing those who are interested in civil and logical debate of their forums to do so.
[edit on 7-8-2009 by Animal]
[edit on 7-8-2009 by Animal]
