Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
The Divine Right of Republicans
Remember when I chastised Michelle Malkin for illogically claiming that the teabaggers were a counterinsurgency, only to walk it back a little bit in light of new evidence that suggested the previously unconsidered possibility that she honestly believes that only conservatives are the legitimate rulers of ‘Murrka?
Well, it’s not just Malkin. On Thursday, John “Spathi” Hinderaker verbally fellated Andrei Zhdanov School of Conservative Correctness founder Andrew Breitbart for courageously teabagging the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s fresh corpse from the safety of Twitter. Wiping Breitbart’s jizz from his chin, Fwiffo concluded thusly:
It’s time for conservatives—mainstream Americans, in other words—to throw off the shackles and get aggressive. Our beliefs are correct, our values are the foundation of any society that doesn’t have a death wish, and our interests, unlike those of the leftists, are legitimate. We deserve to govern this country, and before long, we will.
Yes, you read that right. John Hinderaker believes that conservatives are the only legitimate ruling party in America. Kind of like the Divine Right of Kings™ that the war that gave birth to our country was all about getting away from. If that’s not anti-democratic, then nothing is.
Worse, this isn’t the first time that the Sense of Entitlement That Dare Not Speak Its Name™ has bubbled up to the surface on the right. Let’s not forget that barely two years ago, Rev. Joseph Fuiten famously let slip to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he believes that non-Dominionists are illegal aliens in their own country:
As Sara Robinson noted at the time, Fuiten’s outrageous (but in hindsight, hardly surprising) remarks were ignored by just about everyone in the punditocracy (both mainstream and — to a lesser degree — the blogosphere) in favor of the “sexier” (and thus more “newsworthy” in the eyes of T3h Village Idiots™) “BattleCry” rallies. And now we’re seeing the consequences of ignoring Fuiten’s sentiment as it becomes safe to espouse on the mainstream right, particularly as it seems to come in response to the “horror” of having a black president.
It’s a feat that flows naturally out of the backlash against “Political Correctness” which has done so much to erode the taboo against being nakedly racist (to the point where Rush Limbaugh feels safe suggesting that buses be re-segregated). The further right the Overton Window gets pushed, the more acceptable it becomes to utter certain odious notions — Inciting the murder of abortion providers is a “profile in courage,” digitally teabagging a recently deceased Senator via Twitter makes one “fearless and aggressive,” anyone who doesn’t subscribe to a Christian Dominionist theology is a “secular illegal alien,” heckling the first black president in violation of Hosue rules is perfectly fine, etc.
It is for this very reason that Sarah’s comment at the time was disturbingly prescient:
As I’ve been noting, this kind of remark is hardly an isolated incident. If they’re willing to talk like this on national TV, you know that whatever they’re saying in private among themselves is far, far worse. This is a meme that’s already covering the countryside — softening the ground for those Battle Cry/OSU-trained Christian soldiers, who are actively preparing themselves to take back the country for God, and transform our democracy into a theocratic kingdom by any means necessary.
He said it. Right out loud on CNN, without even trying to make it sound PC.
We’d best start taking these people at their word.
Indeed. However, it brings to mind an even more disturbing thought. If the idea that adherents of a particular political ideology are the only ones fit to rule in America is now so readily espoused on the right, what are they saying in the smoke-filled back rooms NOW that won’t be “safe” to utter in polite company until after the next election cycle passes?
