Calling out a bigot
I was updating my blogroll today when I came across the Health Train Express blog. I have chosen not to add this to my blogroll at the moment, but rather to highlight one tremendously offensive post.
In commenting on the presidential campaign, the unidentified author lists personal criteria for choosing the next leader of the United States. One is: “I will not base it upon slick oratory, charisma, and/or rhetoric.” That’s fair. What’s not fair and what really really really pisses me off is the fact that right next to a photo of Barack Obama is a picture of Adolf Hitler. Seriously.
As 1980s punk legends Dead Kennedys so eloquently put it, Nazi punks f— off. No matter whom you support for president, there is no place for Hitler comparisons in American politics, and it’s certainly far out of bounds for a blog that purportedly is dedicated to health information technology.
However, I am all in favor of exposing bigots like the author of that blog.
Sorry to hear that you are really really really pissed off, but alas I find it interesting that a picture of Hitler next to The Chosen One™ really really really pisses you off. I certainly advise you not to Google Hitler+Bush or Hitler+McCain, your head will explode. But that’s fair game, I guess.I read that blog. Dedicated to healthcare IT is a stretch at best.
Obama sure has developed a cult following, but comparisons to Hitler are pretty extreme, even in jest. I’d never compare Bush to Hitler, I’d sure never compare a war hero like McCain to Hitler. I’d say it’s fair game only if you systematically tried to exterminate entire races. I’m looking at you, Slobodan Milosovic and Pol Pot. And now, please, let’s get back to talking about improving healthcare.