.Sean at FiredUp! reports that the Lafayette County G.O.P. has put up a billboard sporting a hammer and sickle that says:
How do you like your change now???
OBAMA-NATION
They are coming for you!..1st & 2nd amendments are in jeopardy.
LIVE FREE OR DIE
Take a look at the lovely photo of it.
I especially like the use of three question marks. I wonder if that indicates that they’re especially puzzled. Or maybe the Lafayette Rs believe motorists to be visually impaired at reading punctuation marks.
Question is, should Democrats ignore the sign, in hopes that passing motorists will, for the most part, write it off as the work of loonies? That’s risky in light of Mencken’s observation that “nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.”
Maybe Democrats should take some action. I’d favor another sign fifty yards down the road that says:
You can’t be serious. You’re off your meds, right?
A sinking life raft is better than no life raft at all. If one has nothing else to cling to and there’s no land in sight, is a billboard for blind panic-striken desperation surprising?
Yes,lies should be called out but thoughtfully. Ridicule just feeds the sense of victimhood. (The one about forgetting their meds is good though) Standing up for truth is our responsibility, but if it’s not coupled with throwing out a new lifeline, not so effective.
Quick, somebody find a common enemy against which to unite. In a world defined by interconnectedness that’s tough but surely we can come up with some way to phrase it… you know, some threat even bigger and scarier than Obama and the Russians combined.
Mother Nature may provide it if we don’t.