All Those Hateful Signs

We keep hearing from the Left how all of those hateful signs at the Tea Parties creates a danger to President Obama's Safety. Chris Matthews has even said that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and people who encourage the opposition to Obama, are going to pay if violence against the President Obama occurs.

I don't think I have heard any talk of anyone hoping harm comes to the president. If there are idiots out there saying such things, or making signs that say that, they are a small minority and are not in sync with the majority of the folks out there attending Tea Parties.

There is a strong opposition to Obama's policies, largely because of the socialist nature of his proposals. This is part of the reason for the comparisons to Hitler. Nazism was National Socialism, and some of the first acts by Hitler once he took control of Germany was to take over health insurance, register all weapons (so that they could be confiscated later), take control of private industries (GM come to mind?), centralize banking, and so on. So, the comparisons of Obama to Hitler are not because people believe that Obama is a genocidal socio-path like Hitler, but because of the similarities of the policies.

The opposition to Bush also made comparisons to Hitler, but they did it because they falsely believed Bush was a maniac like Hitler.

According to the site "bare naked Islam," The Huffington Post is apparently pretty upset about a sampling of signs they collected. Here's a list of what they considered to be the most offensive:

“Obama’s Plan: White Slavery”
“The American taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s ovens”
“Our tax $ given to Hamas to Kill Christians, Jews, & Americans”
“Obama: What you talking about Willis? Spend my money?”
“Obama loves taxes, bankrupt USA, loves baby killing”
“Barack Hussein Obama: The new face of Hitler”
“Barack Obama supports abortion, sodomy, socialism, and the New World Order”
“Obama was not bowing [to the Saudi king]. He was sucking Saudi jewels.”

The mainstream media, from all corners, have made a big thing about these crazy, right-wing extremists, and how dangerous they are. After all, in that list of offensive signs it really gives you the feeling that Obama is in danger, right?

Not really.

Honestly, from what I remember the Left was saying during the Bush Administration, what is being said about Obama is quite tame.

Once again, Bare Naked Islam gives us the skinny.

During the protests against Bush we saw the following:

1.One sign exhorted Americans to “kill” the President and “bomb his f—in White House.”
2.Another said, “I’m here to kill” the President.
3.Another urged the powers-that-be to “hang” the President.
4.Another said the President “is the disease, death is the cure.”
5.Another said the President is “the only dope worth shooting.”
6.Another showed a likeness of the President’s face with a bullet hole in the forehead, oozing red blood.
7.Another called explicitly for the “death” of the “pig” in the White House.
8.Another displayed a caricature of the President’s disembodied, bleeding head.
9.Others featured the President’s face accompanied by such captions as: “Wanted: dead or alive,” and “Death to the dictator.”
10.Another showed the President’s neck being fitted with a noose.
11.Still another showed the image of a noose accompanied by a caption urging us to “support” the President (i.e., with the noose).

But don't take my word for it. Check out these:

What is that called? Double-standard?

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