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A Trip Down Memory Lane (Video w/clips from 2004 of Leftists w/Bush=Hitler signs, violent rhetoric)
Brain Terminal ^ | Evan Coyne Maloney

Posted on 03/31/2010 8:43:54 AM PDT by Stoat

A Trip Down Memory Lane
31 March 2010

Not too long ago, taking to the streets to protest your government was considered a patriotic act.

It’s true!

But it seems that publicly airing your grievances stopped being patriotic right around noon on January 20th, 2009.

Once President Obama was sworn in, protesting became incitement to violence.

If you’ve opened up a newspaper or watched a cable news program in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen members of the media painting Tea Party activists as dangerous bigots. That’s because disagreeing with President Obama on issues like government spending and high taxes makes you a racist, you see.

What’s interesting about the media’s latest freak-out is that there were radicals a-plenty under President Bush. They protested in the streets. They talked openly about revolution and killing. But oddly, the violent imagery used by people claiming to be advocates for peace never registered with the media. They were too busy fawning over Cindy Sheehan.

Why the difference in coverage? Did the media cheerlead the protests against President Bush to hurt him politically? Are they trying to marginalize the increasingly powerful Tea Party movement because they favor President Obama’s agenda?

One thing’s for sure: If there is such a thing as dangerous rhetoric, then the media is at least one president too late in reporting the story.

Don’t believe me?

Well, then let’s take a trip down memory lane...


TOPICS: History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bds; brainterminal; bush; bushhassers; codepink; doublestandard; downthememoryhole; leftists; mediabias; medialies; memorylane; obamunism; pravdamedia; presidentbush; presidentgeorgewbush; protest; revisionisthistory; teaparty; violentleftists
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From Brain-Terminal.com: As the media casts Tea Party attendees as dangerous extremists voicing violent rhetoric, it's interesting to look back at some of the radicals the media spent years ignoring. The lesson of the media coverage: protests against President Bush were patriotic, while protests against President Obama are motivated purely by racism and bigotry.

1 posted on 03/31/2010 8:43:54 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: All
Thanks to OneAndOnlyZel for the original tweet which brought this to my attention

Zel (OneAndOnlyZel) on Twitter

 

2 posted on 03/31/2010 8:48:42 AM PDT by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

BOOKMARK


3 posted on 03/31/2010 9:50:33 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I miss having a First LADY.)
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To: prairiebreeze; Jemian; onyx

it’s hard to watch, but if your memory needs refreshed, this will sure do it.


4 posted on 03/31/2010 10:36:28 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Clintion ruined a dress, but Obama ruined a Nation.)
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To: Iowa Granny

I’ll post this, don’t need to watch it though.

:^)


5 posted on 03/31/2010 11:04:23 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: Iowa Granny

Thanks for the ping.
Bookmarked.


6 posted on 03/31/2010 2:32:57 PM PDT by onyx (Facts don't matter. Proof not required. Anything goes! Racial slurs, death threats.....)
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To: Stoat

Thread bump.


7 posted on 04/01/2010 3:09:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thank you Cindy :-)


8 posted on 04/06/2010 2:13:04 AM PDT by Stoat (Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

You’re very welcome Stoat.


9 posted on 04/06/2010 2:15:18 AM PDT by Cindy
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Additional link to a thread I’m updating:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2479809/posts


10 posted on 04/06/2010 2:17:11 AM PDT by Cindy
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