Exceeding the Parody

There comes a point where the parody of something turns out to be more of a prediction or prophecy, which in turn makes the joke seem ethereal.  The most consummate example of this is "The Onion's" fake headline from when George W. Bush took office, "Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over."  But something has happened in the last five years to the Republican party where it's becoming impossible to make a parody of them.  The right seems to take making fun of them as a dare, and doubles down on the ludicrous, and nowhere is it more apparent than the right's hatred of the president.

Take the story today from the Raw Story website about Kathy Perkins, the founder of the Mom's With Guns group.  This is one of these organizations who have sprung up since Obama became president, built on the conspiracy theories floated by the NRA and the gun manufacturers that Obama is coming to take your guns.  You know the kind of group; "we're for safe and responsible gun ownership, we love our guns, only a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun" (On a side note - you guys suck at stopping bad guys with guns.  Just saying).  MWG actually posts the line -

We are Law Abiding Citizens of this Great Republic of the United States of America from ALL walks of life.

These groups get so upset when they get labeled gun kooks.  They hate it when anyone portrays their hatred of Obama as anything more than simple political disagreement, or their maniacal love of guns as anything but their love of 'Merica.

Kathy Perkins put a picture of the President up on her Facebook page with the line, "Where is an assassin when you need one?"  Law abiding citizen my caboose, you gun kook!

There is a small element of disturbed people in this country who knowingly put forward the lie they are simple political discourse, but so desperately want to scream the N-word or fuel Obama violence porn, and can barely, and usually unsuccessfully, hide their true feelings.

By the way, no conservative will condemn this woman's statements.  Instead, they will be silent or try to find some comment on a message board to counterpoint, saying, "See, you guys started it."  This wasn't some internet troll anonymously looking to offset their own anger by moronically lashing out at a target.  This was the leader of a supposed law-abiding gun group, a person who views Fox news photos and loves Pick Perry (judging by this Facebook post) so presumedly votes Republican and leans politically right, openly wishing for a assassin to kill the President of the United States.

No one should ever 'joke' about killing the President, regardless of what letter is next to their name.  I can say that unequivocally.  But I wonder about my Republican leaning friends who will see this post, see me calling them out and still say nothing.  I hope it's because they're hiding behind Reagan's 11th Commandment crud, and not because down deep inside they agree with Kathy Perkins.  Regardless, it is a hypocrisy no one could ever parody.  Why can I say that?  Image the outrage from the right if this was ever said by the leader of a left leaning organization about a Republican president.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/12/moms-with-guns-founder-shares-obama-pic-on-facebook-adds-where-is-assassin-when-you-need-one/