The media has a problem with all these people showing up to townhall meetings and voicing their dissent. Dissension, after all, is only praiseworthy when its target is a Republican President or conservative lawmakers.
You may remember a few protests against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq during the Bush years. (By the way, whatever happened to war protests?)
Then there was the infamous shoe-chucking incident that was reported in a kind of a jokey way.
If you’re having trouble separating the hypocrisy in coverage of town hall anger, we’ve prepared this handy guide designed to help you recognize the difference between people who protest and people who cause disruptions.
Protest = What liberals do at town hall meetings
Disrupt = What people who disagree with the President do at town hall meetings
American = left-wing protesters
Un-American = right-wing protesters
Patriots = left-wng protesters
Un-Patriotic = right-wing protesters
Code Pink = Activists
All conservative groups = Nazis
The American flag for liberals at townhall meeting = Something carried at protests and burned
The American flag for conservatives at townhall meeting = What do you mean “American flag?” Those are swastikas!
Engaged citizenry = a group of left-wing protesters
Mob = A group of conservative protesters
Finally, here’s one more bit of irony. Why is it that when Nancy Pelosi seeks to impose national socialism on the country and people protest, those people are called Nazis?
Background: New York Times
