I'm breaking a self-imposed rule about political postings, but here goes.
Some fools on both fringes, right and left, do want their own fascism imposed, they want the other side silenced and the state controlled media pumping out their belief system, just like in Venezuela, Zimbabwe and North Korea.
Those people are in the minority. On both sides. The millions who voted for Obama no more want any form of fascism imposed than do the millions who voted against him along with the independents who voted 3rd party or didn't vote and are now attending town hall meetings with the Republicans.
There is no conspiracy among Democrats to destroy Christianity and indoctrinate children into accepting socialism and to force them to sing songs of praise about their nations leader, while selling out the nation to illegal immigrants and fundamental Islam. There is no agenda among Republicans to persecute gays and to forcibly impose their religions onto the masses, while making up reasons to attack other nations for oil.
There are people on the fringe of the fringe of both sides who do in fact want those things- there are indeed anti-fed, anti-gay militia people, just like there are in fact bomb setting, self-avowed communists making films for young children.
However these people make up less than 5% of either 'side'.
Every Democrat and every Republican are routinely associated with these nut jobs by each other, each claiming the other wants to impose their own form of fascism.
This watchdog mentality is healthy for the country, though on the personal level, like on these forums, it is often conspiratorial and obsessive, but it manifests itself on the national scale into involuntary self-policing. Which is good.
I am 100% in favor of the war on terror and I am ALSO 100% in favor of anti-war marches and audits of why we are doing what we are doing. The two are not incompatible. I never believed in 9/11 conspiracy theories but was for any and every attempt to prove that it was and thus, the resulting studies to prove that it wasn't, we need these checks and balances.
On one side you have ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and NPR, with about half the country getting their news from them. Then you have FOX and the various conservative talk radio hosts on the other with roughly the other half the country getting their news from them.
Many of the accusations by the 'left' side of the media house, that every one protesting Obama and his policies are all 'right-wing, racist militia folks' is simply untrue and defies reason. Some of the accusations from the 'right' side of the media house that Obama is intentionally trying to destroy the economy in order to fully impose his socialist agenda is outlandish.
However both sides do have legitimate concerns.
The appointments of people like Van Jones, Jeff Jones, Mark Lloyd and Cass Sunstein make even the average Democrat raise his eyebrows. Organizations like ACORN and the Tides foundation having access to tax payer funds and the appointment of 30 unvetted czars, many of whom would not get one senatorial democratic confirmation vote if they were to go through what is by constitutional law required of presidential cabinet members. These people would never get the security clearances required because of past criminal history.
These concerns are real and legitimate and do not require one to be racist, religious, Republican, in a militia, nor ignorant.
The network of religious fundamentalist groups who lobby Republicans and corporations to impose their puritanical view of the world are a real concern and to oppose them and call them out does not require one to be gay, a socialist or an anti-American.
You can oppose these religious groups and still be 'conservative' or independent.
You can oppose the FCC trying to shut down talk radio and still be a Democrat.
You can support our military and the newly named 'overseas contingency plan' and still be a Democrat.
These things are not mutually exclusive.
The checks and balances forced onto the Bush administration for 8 years by the 'left' media bloc was healthy for the country. 90% of those involved did not want harm to come to our president, nor a defeat for this country. The concern for Bush's spending and the deficit, by the Democrats during this time, was echoed by many independents and real conservatives. Where is that concern now? You can still want fiscal responsibility and remain a Democrat.
The checks and balances being forced onto the Obama administration by the 'right' bloc right now is also healthy. 90% of those involved are not 'racist' nor want any harm to come to anyone. They simply fear the same thing Democrats and liberals genuinely feared for 8 years- some manifestation of fascism and an eroding of our constitutional liberties.
It is easier and lazy to believe that all who disagree with you are ignorant or want evil to happen.
