As America descends into chaos over the proposed Health Care legislation, one has to wonder: Has America lost its mind? The answer is no. We stopped allowing people to think for themselves. Or so it would appear.
Congress members have begun holding town hall style public forums to address concerns of their constituents regarding health care. And of course, when you talk public forum, you tend to find some of the cream of the crop. People from both sides of the political spectrum have been flooding these town hall meetings with quite a bit to say. Reports of shouting matches, offensive signs, fights and even arrests have abounded from town hall meetings across the country. And we've finally seen the return of Nazi comparisons with signs depicting Obama as Hitler and using swastikas and SS symbols.
The Liberal media has been quick to denounce the outspoken opponents of what the media likes to call "ObamaCare," calling them "Fake Protesters." It would seem that you are a "fake protester" if you are an opponent of ObamaCare and listen to any of the more conservative ideals of the Republican Party. The media as well as the White House have been criticizing those websites, bloggers and talk show hosts who have encouraged people to attend the public forums and speak out against ObamaCare. The Liberal Media has been quick to say these "fake protesters" are just being organized by the Republican party solely to disrupt these forums. It would seem that the only voices that should be heard are those of ObamaCare supporters, who are the only people with real and valid opinions. For we must remember that Democrats do not disrupt public forums, compare government officials to Nazis or encourage their supporters to flood public forums to express their support.......
WAIT A SECOND!
The Democratic party has acted in the same way to help get their supporters to the town hall meetings and show their support as the Republicans have to get their voice of opposition heard. Last time I checked, it was not only appropriate but common circumstance to encourage members of your party to voice their support or opposition to legislation, particularly at a public forum meant to hear the concerns of constituents. And a Democrat can yell just as loud, and often just as ignorantly, as any Republican. And I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi, who has spoken out against protesters depicting the Obama Administration as Nazis, will remember the many protests during the Bush Administration where we saw Bush depicted as Hitler so often it stopped being impactful.
It's clear to me that it has become far too easy to cast those not in the majority as mindless followers. While both parties have their fair share of straight-ticket voting, brainwashed masses, some people still use their brains (I hope) and are able to form their own opinions and protest or support that which they believe in. To sum up this article I'm going to include some of my favorite quotes surrounding the Health Care Debate from this week:
When asked if she felt protesters at town hall meetings were legitimate grass roots opposition or "astro-turf" Nancy Pelosi replied: "I think they're AstroTurf. You be the judge. They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care."
The Democratic National Convention put in their two cents on the protests at town hall meetings calling them: "mob activity straight from the playbook of high-level Republican political operatives. They have no plan for moving our country forward, so they've called out the mob."
And for all my left-leaning friends, I thought we could all get a chuckle out of the GOP's favorite loony. "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care," "Such a system is downright evil." - Sarah Palin, via Facebook
Sources:
NY Times
Real Clear Politics
NY Post
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