Thanks to Glenn Beck and teabagging lunatics everywhere, it's no longer necessary to be a U.S. President who attempts to provide health care for everyone to draw comparisons to Adolf Hitler. All you have to do is be a mid-level government bureaucrat, and you too can be Hitler!
Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the "dysfunctional" management that they say is destroying their industry.
Some fishermen held signs reading "Let Fishermen Fish"; other signs pictured Adolf Hitler with the word "Nazi" replacing the first word in National Marine Fisheries Service.
One group marched toward the New England regional headquarters entrance chanting, "Down with NMFS! Down with NMFS!" while a man roamed the crowd dressed as the grim reaper, with NMFS printed on his scythe.
Speakers addressed the crowd in front of a display of two fishermen at the gallows being hanged by Jane Lubchenco, chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has charge over the fisheries service.
Apparently, this is the new template for protest in this country. In this case, enforcing new rules for fishing means that you are exactly like a guy who presided over the killings of millions of people based on their racial identity.
To be fair, not all of the people attending the protest were going this far. But look at the way this is being received. It's reported as just another fact. And out of 10 comments on the story so far, only one of them has said anything about the Hitler sign. It's like the comparison to Hitler, which at one point would have had people at a loss for words, is almost expected at this point.
Ugh. Just...ugh.