Yuri Zhivago
Mayor
who called for armed rebellion after the SC decision on Health Care-Nicholson, Davis their names , local GOP functionaries .
Of course we can dismiss it as a crazy talk from nobodies and idiots and we will be wrong.
Such talk is impossible without tacit approval of their leaders-Rush, Boehner, Ryan and of course Romney.
Leaders shape the frame of argument. They stress the points of dissent and opposition. They define, by what they say and by what they do approach to government, and they rule by manipulating manipulated mob.
And when they stay silent they are the cowards , passive bystanders as their mindless followers betray the basic principles of democratic politics.
So dismissing crap like that spewed by Nicholson and Davis , well you know idiot wingnuts -is wrong and dangerous.. Those guys themselves may not count for much, but for a nominally civil society to allow such speech to pass without retaliation, actual leadership from those who would lead from that side…well, that’s how individuals get hurt, and democracies die. It’s happened before...
Of course we can dismiss it as a crazy talk from nobodies and idiots and we will be wrong.
Such talk is impossible without tacit approval of their leaders-Rush, Boehner, Ryan and of course Romney.
Leaders shape the frame of argument. They stress the points of dissent and opposition. They define, by what they say and by what they do approach to government, and they rule by manipulating manipulated mob.
And when they stay silent they are the cowards , passive bystanders as their mindless followers betray the basic principles of democratic politics.
So dismissing crap like that spewed by Nicholson and Davis , well you know idiot wingnuts -is wrong and dangerous.. Those guys themselves may not count for much, but for a nominally civil society to allow such speech to pass without retaliation, actual leadership from those who would lead from that side…well, that’s how individuals get hurt, and democracies die. It’s happened before...
