The following actually was scheduled for 11/12/2011. I have no idea why it was not published. Blogger must have hiccuped.
It still applies.
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I saw something last week that gave me a bit of pause.
Stationed in front of the local Post Office were a pair of young ladies with an obvious political message. It was a pretty cold day for early November and you had to respect their passion even if you disagreed with their politics.
One of the young ladies was white; perhaps 'European' in today's vernacular. The other was definitely of African extraction, although I have no doubt that she is every bit the American that I am.
The posters on display showed our President, Mr. Obama. Bearing the 'toothbrush' style mustache once popularized by Charlie Chaplin.
And Adolph Hitler.
The accompanying text suggested that these young ladies support impeaching Mr. Obama for some reason.
I am pretty adamant about opposing that sort of hyperbolic imagery. I thought it compromised civil debate when it was applied to Mr. Bush. The same is true now that Mr. Obama is the subject of such criticism. Neither one was/is even close to being in Adolph Hitler's league. People with legitimate public policy disagreements should be able to agree on that much.
I suppose the other option was the young ladies were conducting a social science experiment to see how people would react.
I didn't stop to find out which was the case.
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