Yes, these posters are regrettable. Fortunately, they are not as prevalent in the crowd as the anti-Bush posters were in most Leftist demonstrations (nor as extreme: no severed-head posters seen, no iartistic bullet holes, … , no foreign movie dramatizations). Many of these right-wing protesters seem marginally capable of violence; perhaps a good talking-to.

Victor Davis Hanson has a nice article “The Rise of the Uncouth”.

Regrettably, it’s at Pajamas Media, and I’m uncertain of the appropriateness of such a link.

He makes several good arguments, among them that, essentially, “Not So Long Ago”, this sort of behavior was acceptable.

It isn’t acceptable, shouldn’t be, and shouldn’t have been. But the Left was allowed … and with the MSM reporting methodology over the last year or two, maybe more, the Right seems to feel that what was sauce for …

More VDH: “But too late. Once the walls are stormed, and ramparts of decency in rubble, it is very hard to rebuild the stones to fend off the barbarians, given the power of natural coarseness, and the problem of legitimacy and irony (Why should we believe that you are shocked at Joe Wilson now, when you booed George Bush not long ago?)”

There’s also Rep. Pete Stark, what is he best known for?

Perhaps letting the Right balance some of the more egregious debts, simply as a safety valve isn’t such a bad idea.

To end these things, let’s get the MSM to really investigate ACORN, several the Czars, etc. No Maxine, it is you who should be investigated; first for your banking ties, then … and not by journalists.

If the charge of “racism/racist” is applied to every opposition point, immediately, with no evidence, then perhaps it isn’t a valid charge.

But Hanson is correct in his conclusion:
“The solution, of course, is for the majority to simply say enough is enough, and declare a personal code of decency:”

Unfortunately, it looks like we might have to wait for a few more corporate bankruptcies first.