Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Loony From Both Sides

Health debate turns vile with Nazi analogy - Breaking Bioethics- msnbc.com: "Rush Limbaugh and those who invoking the Nazi analogy to attack President Barack Obama’s effort to reform health care in America are not “insane” as David Brooks pronounced on last Sunday's “Meet the Press.” Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and the rest of the loud-mouthed right wing are, when they even hint at an analogy to the Nazis in talking about Obama’s health reform effort, engaged in something far worse than insanity. They are engaged in the vile evil of Holocaust denial..."

The snippet above is from an Arthur Caplan commentary at MSNBC (yeah, I know) and is illustrative of our political problems. The Hitler analogy coming from the Right is ridiculous as is the Holocaust Denier charges coming from the Left. Steam does not effectively water the garden.

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