Tuesday, March 1, 2011

How Dare You Call Him A Dictator!

Our counterparts on the right have been keeping themselves busy poring over pictures of the hundreds of thousands of people that have been in and around the Capitol Building for the past two and a half weeks.  Instead of seeing the larger picture of this sea of humanity joined together from all walks of life to raise their voices as one in outrage at the attempts of Scott Walker to remove many civil rights that goes to make ours a civilized country and state, they focus on the one or three people that had the poor taste of making a poster with a picture of Walker with a Hitler mustache painted on or someone making a comparison between Walker and Hosni Mubarak.

When they find one of these pictures, they start to squawk like parrots in their selective and hypocritical outrage.

And they are somewhat correct.  Walker is no Hitler.  As far as I know, Walker never tried to kill millions of Jews.  Likewise, he is no Mubarak, no Kim Il-Jong, no Stalin, no Genghis Khan, no Ayatollah Khomeini, or any of these people.

So don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he killed contracts that were bargained in good faith?  Don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he wants to remove long-standing civil and worker's rights? Don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he wants every single policy and procedure to be approved by him personally before it can be enacted?  And so what if he has put hand-picked cronies in positions to make sure his will is carried out? Don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he wants all medical decisions, as well as all Family Care, Senior Care, Badger Care program under his direct supervision, allowing him to play God on who lives and who dies, at least among the poor?  Just don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he wants the ability to appoint who gets what state assets without so much as anyone else's approval or oversight?  Just don't call him a dictator.

So what if Walker said that he would go to any unethical means, including endangering the safety and lives of Wisconsin, by planting agent provocateurs just to help his ideological agenda furthered.  Just don't call him a dictator.

So what if he illegally sent state police after members of the opposite political party, for no reason that other to enforce his will? Don't you dare call him a dictator.

So what if he wants to strangle another group of dissenters, or bust the unions, in order to be able to rule in peace? Don't call him a dictator.

So what if he's closed the People's House to the people, including bolting the windows shut (at least he wasn't welding them shut!), cutting off electronic feeds and Internet services inside the Capitol Building?  Just don't call him a dictator.

So what if he chooses to hold thousands of jobs, as well as some Democratic staffers, hostage, in order to ensure compliance from opponents and dissenters?  Just don't call him a dictator.

So what if he is unconstitutionally trying to take local control away from some counties and cities, just to further his ideological pursuits.  Just don't call him a dictator.

Even if Scott Walker talks like a dictator and acts like a dictator, don't you dare call him a dictator.

He prefers it if you call him "Your Majesty."

1 comment:

  1. I wonder; how many of these people who are complaining about a few poorly considered signs, also complained about similar representations of President Obama at numerous Tea party rallies?

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