Message of the Day – Hypocrisy
The Wisconsin Republican Party has crosscut comments from prominent liberals with the words used in Madison, Wisconsin, in opposition to what Republican Governor Scott Walker is proposing to change public unions in the General Assembly.
The YouTube video starts with President Barack Obama’s press secretary decrying the comparing of political figures to Hitler.
Next comes pictures of the demonstrators.
Guess what?
Governor Scott Walker is compared to Adolph Hitler.
The main message on this sign is "Scott Walker = Adolph Hitler." Note the Nazi symbol.
A photo of Hitler at the Madison rally.
The video is about hypocrisy, of course.
It skewers comments like Eugene Robinson's: "Violent political rhetoric...comes almost exclusively from the Right."
Bill Maher gets a comeuppance.
Bill Maher attributes comments about killing opponents to the "Right-wing."
"Left-wingers don't talk that way," Bill Maher asserts.
And remember the target used on Sarah Palin’s web site for Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords?
The photo is of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker. On the top of the sign can be reat the words, "Don't Retreat."
Apparently some Wisconsin public union member didn’t get the message of civility.
"Don't Retreat, Reload," the complete message reads.
And, now below the relevance of my comment about Sarah Palin’s targeting of Democrats in the fall election.
Wisconsin residents love their guns as much as those in Alaska do. One might note that the symbol of "Repeal," a legislative word, is not crosshairs.
Notice that I have not contending that conservatives don’t use similar rhetoric.
During the 1990′s while my legislative office was on Manor Road across from the old motel that was razed to build Chuck E. Cheese and Outback Steakhouse, a sign was posted pointing out that one of the first things Hitler did was to impose guy control.
A Demcoratic Party State Senator expands my education in the video by pointing out that Hitler banned unions in 1933.
Seeing that an analogy to Hitler's abolishing unions was used in Madison by State Senator Lena Taylor on February 15th, would it be fair for those who favor allowing people to carry guns to defend themselves in Illinois to make similar speeches in Springfield on Gun Lobby Day about Illinois Democrats opposed to keeping this state as one of only two (the other being Wisconsin) where people can't do so?
If the pictures and text leave you wanting to see more, the YouTube video is below:
