TV's Frink said:

Mrebo said:

But I believe the aptly-named imperialscum and Hey, it's me are similarly reacting. I think they are speaking to the broad trends and not intentionally labeling each and every liberal and/or Muslim in a negative way.

Well, it's nice that you believe that. Me, not so much.

Honestly, I think most rational liberals wouldn't expect that guy to be arrested either. But LIBERALS ARE HORRIBLE SUB-HUMANS so that can't be the case, it must be a broad trend that most would want to hang the guy.

Eh, it's sort of the way they declare that Republicans/conservatives are waging a war on women. That was a mainline attack by liberals which took (at best) a gross mischaracterization and generalized it. And even for those on the liberal side who might concede it was an overly broad attack, many of them would likely say there is a kernel of truth to it anyhow.

I'm with you that generalizing about all people on the other side of the aisle is not the way to go. But the politics of the left does foster the kind of prosecution of hate speech around the world and seeks a stilted idealized multiculturalism.

When a conservative says something dumb there are calls for every conservative to unequivocally denounce that person, lest they reveal themselves just as bad. Is that healthy in that it seeks to drive the particular view (or odious radio host) out of acceptable politics? Or is it a witch hunt? By the same token, is it perhaps healthy to get all liberals to denounce the kind of laws and politics at issue here?