So, mean right-winger Tea Partiers are hurting the feelings of
our sainted elected officials in Washington. There are rumors of
intimidation, death threats and, horror of horrors, inappropriate
language. So thin-skinned are these folks that Sarah Palin’s
simple exhortation, “don’t retreat, reload,” was referred to as
“violent words and imagery.” Even dead Republicans are the
subject of posthumous
excoriation, as in these noble words of Barry Goldwater:
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.” One wonders what
they would make of Thomas Jefferson’s observation that, “The tree
of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots and tyrants.”
You’d think that the acquisition of power would have
softened their own partisan attacks and made them magnanimous
along the lines of George W. Bush, who said of President
Barack Obama, “He deserves my silence.” Of course, no such
silence was accorded the gracious Bush by his predecessor, his
successor or other leftists and their media mouthpieces who spent
years unleashing unending
abuse on him; from being hung in effigy to books and plays
envisioning his assassination.
So it’s odd to hear this kind of yelping from those on the
left; those whose idols have ever advocated the violent overthrow
of our capitalistic system. It is puzzling that now that one of
their very own radicals is in power, they seem unwilling to
celebrate their cherished heritage of “peaceful” protesting; from
Bill Ayers and his pals at the SDS, whose violent hatred of
America turned explosive, to the others of their ilk who burned
their draft cards, bras and anything else they couldn’t
smoke.
No, it seems that all they want to remember now are the
awful affronts suffered at the hands of hateful right-wingers. Of
course one needn’t undergo a 1960s flashback to recall the
thuggery that saw Black Panthers menacing voters at polling
places in 2008 and union heavies using intimidation to suppress
opposition to Obamacare at town hall meetings. Yet, liberals
continue to cry foul over the furor they themselves brought on by
using skullduggery to pass an unpopular piece of
legislation.
The real reason for all the hue and cry should be patently
clear to anyone who has followed the doings of the Democratic
Party for the last few decades. Yes, there is fear in the air,
but it’s not trepidation over bodily harm or any profanation of
their virgin ears. Their fear is of America itself, the America
they don’t understand and clearly regard as the enemy.
And so they will fight back with the dependable tools of
their arsenal. Along with their perplexingly successful practice
of demonizing various and sundry American industries in service
of class warfare, they are also fond of sowing the seeds of hate
and dissension, be it racial or otherwise. And this is more than
ironic, since the target of their attacks are usually practicing
Christians, whose greatest commandment is to love, yet who are so
often accused of all manners of hate. If you are colorblind or
not properly race-conscious, you are a white supremacist; if you
follow the tenets of your faith, you are a narrow-minded
homophobe; and if you are someone who has actually joined the
military to defend this country, you might end up on the DOJ’s
terrorist watch list.
The truth is, Democrats have plenty of reasons to fear this
coming fall. Scott Brown’s election was no fluke; the taking of
Ted Kennedy’s seat by a Republican — albeit a moderate one —
was a deliberate message that people are growing fearful of
ever-encroaching government control of their lives.
So, in a way Democrats are right to fear the Tea Party
movement. Just as a skunk releases its foul odor when it senses
an enemy, so too those who despise our way of government can
instinctively smell the tar and feathers that await them; the
same treatment their forefathers received at the hands of the
original Tea Partiers. But this time, the only act of violence
needed to be committed against them will take place in voting
booths across the nation on November 2.
