On Comparisons to the Nazis...

Okay...let's get this straight:

Comparing Bush to the Nazis is one thing, because right before Hitler started doing all sorts of crazy shit, he took away certain civil liberties of the populace, namely, gun ownership. The Bush Administration was attempting to take away certain civil liberties with the Patriot Act, namely anything relating to "habeas corpus." I'm sure even Bush didn't believe you'd let him get away with that one.

Comparing Obama to the Nazis is fucking crazy, because the only reason anyone believes he's a socialist is because right-wing radio told them that he was. And if you believe them, you'll probably believe me when I tell you that, with practice, you can open gills inside your lungs that allow you to breathe underwater. The only connection between the two is that "Nazi" happens to be shorthand for "National Socialist."

Yet, we got crazy fuckers out there, just slinging the Hitler tag around, like it's the latest slang. Some lady, with the infinite wisdom that makes her a regular viewer of Fox News, yelled "Heil Hitler" at a Jewish man who was talking about health care. It's not even like the guy was an Americanized Jew, like Jon Stewart or Goldberg. This guy spoke with a thick accent and said, "I am from Israel." It takes a special kind of retardation to scream that at a Jew. The kind that it takes to make the argument that white people not being able to call black people "nigger" is a restriction of free speech.

What did Hitler even have to do with the conversation? They were talking about the $8,000 that the Jewish guy spent in the emergency room.

We shouldn't even listen to people who think like this, because if these are valid arguments, then so is the argument that redheaded children contain the soul of the Devil, or that the cancellation of "Touched by an Angel" is proof that the FCC hates Christians. Since we're throwing handfuls of crazy shit at our elected officials like zoo monkeys, let's add that stuff in, too, because those are the pressing concerns that we need to bring the national discourse.

Here's hoping that we have more episodes like the one Barney Frank just gave us. I'm not gay, but if I was, I would totally take a run at him after this.