re: #79 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Godwin analogy not needed. I don’t think we are in a Nazi Germany situation.

I don’t think we are either. What I’m pointing out is that the number of racists and the behavior of racists are very different concepts and problems. So, I really do think we’re seeing a spike an acceptable, open, on-air, pseudo-intellectual, nativistic (though ironically applied) racism. It’s by no means unprecedented.

The Birchers used to be shunned in the GOP. Now they’re back inside. Sure, when they were shunned, there were still shitloads of racists in the GOP, but I do feel that there’s a difference in openly rubbing shoulders with the people who claim all blacks are communist tools and their political power must be broken, and people who make snide statements about welfare queens. The latter are terrible shitheads who impede progress, but the former can lead to much, much darker crap if their shit really takes hold in public discourse.