In the wake of the assassination attempt on Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the usual handwringing has begun, and much of it has bent over backwards to manufacture false equivalencies in the “overheated political rhetoric” department. “Both sides do it,” goes the simpering cry.
I call bullshit.
You have probably seen this:
Sure. If you go to Google and do an image search for “liberal hunting license,” you get all kinds of wacky stuff.
So if you go to Google and do an image search for “conservative hunting license,” you will get the opposing side, proof that both sides do it, right? Not so much.
Remember that the next time you feel it’s important to be “fair” and blame both sides.
Further: I did a search for “hunting for conservatives,” “kill a conservative,” and “kill conservatives.” Not once did I turn up anything that was the liberal “equivalent” of the above graphic. I did turn up further examples of conservative violence. No matter what you search for, it seems, you’re only going to find one side of the argument.