[Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke

[Joe Campbell]

Just one comment on some of the last bit of this.

Andreas wrote:  "While I feel that 'well you didn't condemn your own  
side, either!' is a fair point to make, either people making
vague threats against the President deserve to be condemned, or they  
don't."

First, there is not enough time in the day to condemn everyone who  
does something wrong. If this were a fair point, you could make the  
same point everytime anyone condemned anyone.

Second, Crabtree does make this same stupid point -- an instance of  
the fallacy of two wrongs make a right -- anytime a progressive  
critcizes a conservative. It should be noted that it is a fallacy  
everytime he makes it. Of course, that might not be possible given the  
number of times he does it.

Third, the point you make at the end is exactly right. Either they are  
both wrong or they are not. I have no problem saying that the Obama  
sign folk (it seems that there is only one guy we're talking about  
here) is wrong. It is wrong for anyone to threaten to kill someone,  
just as it is wrong to make fun of someone's tumor two days after he  
died from it. Life is sacred. Of course you're not going to hear any  
admission of this from Crabtree, who doesn't seem to think that this  
sort of thing is wrong, as he made clear.

Fourth, as you also note there is a huge difference in the two cases  
since in one case the insulting comment came from the stage, from an  
actual Republican candidate. As you note, candidates have little  
control over what kinds of signs folks hold at their gatherings. But  
they do have control over what they say.

Lastly, it is nice to know that several Republicans in the state were  
outraged by the comment, too, and have publically condemned it.

Sent from my iPhone

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