# So is this what we can expect if leftists are allowed into Republican events? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 2, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368 "2005-04-02T05:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368/142 "2005-04-22T16:53:44Z")
> [@Razorsharp](#): > > Well, being that the power had been cut-off from the compound and the residents were using kerosene lanterns, I’d say that knocking in the walls of the building and pumping in a combustible chemical agent has the potential to start a fire. What was the combustible chemical agent they pumped in? > [@](#): > > Okay, now you “prove” that the Davidians immolated themselves. I don’t have to. If neither you nor I can establish anything definite about Koresh & Co.'s end, I’m fine with that, but you’re not. You’re the one who’s made an assertion about Waco to buttress his argument; you need it to be true for it to do you any good. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368/143 "2005-04-22T16:58:56Z")
> [@Razorsharp](#): > > Within the “vast right-wing conspiracy”. Uh… how about “Nazi”? That’s a liberal favorite. OK, but not at the same level. It’s unreasonable to equate, say, posters on a message board or blog, with nationally known, highly-paid commentators. And that’s just it. Michael Kinsley isn’t calling right-wingers ‘Nazis.’ Ann Coulter and others of similar stature _are_ calling liberals ‘traitors’. Now: who of any note on the left is publicly calling right-wingers ‘Nazis’? Prof. Whoishe at Podunk U.? BFD. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368/144 "2005-04-22T17:00:54Z")
> [@Razorsharp](#): > > You say that as though conservatives approve of using murder as a legitimate tactic in opposing abortion. WTF??? How in heaven’s name do you derive _that_ silliness from what I said? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368/145 "2005-04-22T17:36:59Z")
> [@Razorsharp](#): > > Within the “vast right-wing conspiracy”. Uhhh, what? I’ve missed your point > [@](#): > > Uh… how about “Nazi”? That’s a liberal favorite. And when Al Franken or Michael Moore or some other liberal as visible and “respsectable” as Ann Coulter writes a book called “Nazis” in which he claims that conservatives or republicans are nazis, you will have a point. But I’m not holding my breath. Premedidated theses of bestselling books are just a TAD more disturbing than angry posts by single people on message boards. I’m not saying you won’t be able to find examples of people calling republicans nazis. What I am saying is that for every one you do, I can find a quote from a conservative in a similarly relevant situation calling all liberals idiots or homos or traitors or whatever. But **there is no left-wing equivalent to Ann Coulter**. And that’s at least one small, specific area in which I’m proud to be on the side I’m on. (Note: that guy who called all the twin towers victims “little Goebbels”, Winston someone, was NOT a bestselling author who wields great influence in the liberal movement. He was a fringe nuthead who people have only heard of because of the amount of criticism he’s getting. I’ve never seen even the most liberal of SDMB posters say anything nice about him. And I personally can’t describe him accurately without risking language only appropriate for the pit. So please don’t bring him up as a counterweight to Ann Coulter.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-this-what-we-can-expect-if-leftists-are-allowed-into-republican-events/297368.md?page=7)