So Now We’re Dictators, Too? | NewsReal Blog

So Now We’re Dictators, Too? | NewsReal Blog: "The Daily Beast just can’t get enough of the “extremist!” meme. Today they have not one, but two articles proclaiming that this week’s suicide/plane attack on a Texas office building is a sign of growing far-right mania. Reading Joe Stack’s own manifesto and Michelle Horstman’s reaction to it should provide an antidote for that smear, so let’s take a look at another recent Beast feature: a quiz challenging readers if they can tell the difference between the words of “wingnuts” and dictators.

Cute, huh?

Let’s look at some of the highlights (if you’d like to take the quiz yourself without seeing any answers, head on over before dropping below the fold):

Rush Limbaugh: “We’re living in occupied territory…we, the people of this country, need to be liberated. We are oppressed now.”

Granted, calling the USA “occupied territory” just because the Democratic Party is currently legitimately in power is hyperbolic, but is it really that outrageous to think of a majority party that wants to force people to buy health insurance, thinks that government should limit how much money people make, and believes in government regulation of political speech as at least a little oppressive?"