The media is nearly breathless over reports that McCain/Palin are somehow stoking the flames of hatred. Will such coverage will also extend to the Obama campaign and the Angry Left? Take, for instance, an event over the weekend with Obama supporters wearing t-shirts saying "Sarah Palin is a C---" (warning: NSFW and offensive). Or, those Obama supporters who are throwing Molotov cocktails at McCain supporters. Not to mention Obama's thuggish tactics at suppressing speech.
Sure, we should take caution over the emergence of an Angry Right, as James Taranto notes. But it's not a one-way street as the media has treated it. The Angry Left has done all sorts of things that are beyond-the-pale over the last eight years that they've been given a pass on (see, for example, Death of a President, Checkpoint, I'm Going to Kill the President, this piece by The Guardian, this art exhibit at Columbia College in Chicago, and other "kill Bush" references).
I would ask the rancorous McCain supporters to calm down a bit. But we should also demand the Press do its job rather than shill for an Obama victory.
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