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Anything by Glenn thinking the comments over at HuffPost are acceptable.
The point isn't whether or not the comments were ugly and disgusting -- as much as I detest Cheney, even I thought the comments were out of line.
The point is that there is an intellectually dishonest double standard when it comes to our nation's political discourse.
A few anonymous comments on a liberal site that wished Cheney was dead = THE LEFT IS UNHINGED!!!111oner!!!! It makes the front page of the papers and op-eds keep it going.
A rightwing talking head, or blogger, or author, or pundit calls for the death of millions of people (liberals, Muslims, etc.) = It's just a joke/I was taken out of context. Completely ignored by the media, except for when they invite the talking head, or blogger, or author, or pundit back to share his/her views.
Anyone who denies this double standard exists -- and is played out damn near every day -- is either clinically stupid or willfully obtuse. Perhaps both.
