# Equating IRS Auditing of High Profile Conservatives with Kristallnacht **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002 "2014-02-10T20:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/1 "2014-02-10T20:37:59Z")
11 million people just rolled over in their graves… [http://floppingaces.net/2014/01/24/the-konservativ-kristallnacht-is-here](http://floppingaces.net/2014/01/24/the-konservativ-kristallnacht-is-here) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/2 "2014-02-10T20:43:40Z")
STEPHEN COLBERT: “Because nothing fights bigotry like equating the Jews with an elite cabal that controls the world economy!” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/3 "2014-02-10T20:50:11Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > 11 million people just rolled over in their graves… > > [http://floppingaces.net/2014/01/24/the-konservativ-kristallnacht-is-here](http://floppingaces.net/2014/01/24/the-konservativ-kristallnacht-is-here) “Idiot write idiotic things-News at 11!” ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/4 "2014-02-10T23:40:30Z")
Wingnuts seem to have a fixation with the Kristallnacht concept. Just a couple of years ago the radical right was calling on adherents nationwide to hold a [kristallnacht of their very own](http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-all-modern-sons-of-liberty-this-is.html). Apparently because of the ACA. Or Nancy Pelosi. Or 'cause **freedom**. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/5 "2014-02-10T23:53:21Z")
Part of me enjoys this, because the more they do this the faster the GOP ensures they cannot get more than 45% of the electorate in national elections to support them. But what happens when that happens cycle after cycle, and the biggest election is in the democratic primary, and a true progressive is elected? The GOP thinks Obama is Hitler. Obama is a wimpy centrist who fears confrontation against the powerful. I’d like to see how they are affected by an Elizabeth Warren for president. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/6 "2014-02-11T00:11:19Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Wingnuts seem to have a fixation with the Kristallnacht concept. Just a couple of years ago the radical right was calling on adherents nationwide to hold a [kristallnacht of their very own](http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-all-modern-sons-of-liberty-this-is.html). Apparently because of the ACA. Or Nancy Pelosi. Or 'cause **freedom**. Or something. “I believe in Kristallnacxht, because I believe in ME.” ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/7 "2014-02-12T21:21:31Z")
Obviously, if these charges are true, then we have a very serious problem. I understand that the Tea Party is a movement, rather than a political organization. However, under 26 U.S. Code § 501(c)4, they _are_ restricted to the amount and types of political involvement (501(c)3 organizations are completely prohibited) … to wit: > [@](#): > > 501(c)4(A) - Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes. If the Tea Party is in compliance with the above, then power to them … but if they’re getting involved in politics … … then they should pay taxes. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002/8 "2014-02-12T21:44:41Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Wingnuts seem to have a fixation with the Kristallnacht concept. Just a couple of years ago the radical right was calling on adherents nationwide to hold a [kristallnacht of their very own](http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-all-modern-sons-of-liberty-this-is.html). Apparently because of the ACA. Or Nancy Pelosi. Or 'cause **freedom**. Or something. I’ve also seen the phrase “blood libel” occasionally invoked in political discourse in recent years, sometimes by LWs, mostly by RWs. The reaction of Jews is always the same: If you are not being accused of abducting babies for ritual murder and cannibalism, you are not being blood-libeled.