The Blindness of Trudeau

Gary Trudeau demonstrates the nuance of partisan thinking (which is to say, none) in today's Doonesbury (27 Sept 2009). Among the most eggregious of howlers was the line "The Nazis ... were the most evil force in history." Sure, if you overlook the Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/Maoist factions that predated and outlived Hitler.

Speaking of, apparently the former communists get it.

I have studied Hitler at length. I can tell you that Obama is no Hitler. I think the point many are making when they make the comparison is the growing totalitarianism. And they would make the comparison with, say, Stalin, but on one hand I'm not sure anyone remembers him anymore (except possibly as "one of the guys who defeated Hitler") and on the other hand, the people you want to wake up to this looming problem are people who think Hitler was 100x worse than Stalin. We need to wake up the people who are opposed to the police state when it is in Republican hands, but who help defend and expand the police state when it is in their own hands. People like Gary Trudeau. But they think an all powerful state is okay in the hands of the Right Correct party.