Rep. David Scott’s Office Vandalized With Spray-Painted Swastika

The spray paint job was very wrong, and not sanctioned by the majority of people.
Do not confuse people who are concerned about the health care bill with people who do stupid acts such as this.
I hope they do catch the vandals soon, because it only clouds the issue.
Please don’t point to a few stupid people and say that EVERYONE on ‘that side’ is the same. That, in itself, would be foolish, as well.

The swastika was a symbol of German nationalism and the fascist state. We are a fascist state so the symbol may be pertinent, but given its history with the Nazis, fascism should have been used instead of the symbol. The word fascist should have been written on a poster and taped to avoid damaging property.

Huh | Aug 11, 2009 1:22:24 PM—”The swastika was a symbol of German nationalism and the fascist state. We are a fascist state so the symbol may be pertinent.” the swastika was the symbol for a whole lot more than a fascist state. please remember they physically exterminated over 11 million innocent people. it is a symbol of gutter hatred in its most putrid form. why not encourage people just not to desecrate private or public buildings at all. if you disagree, go to your hometown meeting and say so. no need to tape anything onto a building. and if the US is a fascist state, please don’t let us keep you here. you are not being held against your will i take it? if you are please forgive me and get to an embassy or consulate closest to you and apply for political asylum elsewhere. best of luck.

corporatism fascism definition for Paul Wall
Belief that the state in capitalist democracies should intervene to a large extent in the economy to ensure social harmony. In Austria, for example, corporatism results in political decisions often being taken after discussions between chambers of commerce, trade unions, and the government.

Huh—and people are reminded by other behaviors when the word fascism is bantered about as if it has no meaning: The radical rights desire to have books banned, curriculum invaded to represent Christianity, xenophobia, forced displacement of people (anti-immigrant). the fascist “NAZI’ state will always have more in common with Limbaugh and the like. the hardly need to resort to swastikas let us know how he and others like him feel. they are well known.

People who toss around the word fascism so loosley at a democratic government have no idea what the term means. More than likely they do that because they are simply too lazy to work through democratic means to change what they don’t like. It is too easy to resort anarchy…which too many right-wing conservatives are….They preach patriotism and practice anarchy.

This sprayer gives good evidence that
there is a need for better second grade education. Some one should buy him a box of chalk. And send him out to mark up street corners. He would be happer than a pig in slop.

Trying too stop any constructive dialog.
My yelling and shouting and not allowing the other side tospeak and make it’s point.Is not the true
democratic way. This the way of
obstruction an is unAmerican. Strange
these meeeting were supposed to be
an exchange of ideas. And have not been
allowed be to so. A lot of flagwavers were yelling loudly,shaking fist and making threats. And not a constructive idea was put forward by the flag wavers.

Paul Wall – The constitution that spells out what government can and can not do. That’s the one I am talking about. I don’t care about Scandinavian countries and the fact they live longer. I want to live free with my liberties intact as defined in the constitution.

Huh | Aug 11, 2009 3:49:12 PM—the constitution gives me my rights and liberties, that is why i live here. you have the same rights and liberties and are obviously using them. calling the United States a “fascist state” cheapens the true suffering of all those who died in fascist political regimes. when you throw around “fascism” like Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Beck, et al you are simpley using the word as cheap political rhetoric. we can discuss topics without calling anyone fascist that we don’t agree with. obviously i disagree with you but i don’t think you are a fascist at all, i do not think you are un-american. you may think i am a liberal, commie, fascist just because we disagree. i think as americans we can discuss our disagreements without the rhetoric Limbaugh and Co. insist we use. you aren’t my enemy whatever Rush says. i am not a fascist and neither are you. so why not quit throwing a word around that has a very specific meaning and using it for political advantage instead of honest political debate?

Huh | Aug 11, 2009 4:30:50 PM—you seem to make some good points. there are economic concerns. i happen to believe that Ron Paul has some very good ideas. and perhaps Obama’s approach to the economy is wrong and we would be better off with 40% unemployment and total collapse of financial institutions. who knows. but Obama is not a fascist. he is an elected official and he can be voted out of office. he is neither prince nor king. the thing i do like about Ron Paul is that he is a decent man with some very good ideas. perhaps he would be taken more seriously if he engaged in a bunch of polemical political rhetoric. rubbing my face in the fact that soldiers take an oath to defend the constitution is un-necessary. it has nothing to do with what we are talking about. i support our armed services and beieve they should be deployed nowhere (like Ron Paul believes). but i won’t rub your nose with the fact that soldiers who die serving their country take an oath on our constitution just to try to show you i’m a better american than you. i won’t desecrate dead maines just to win a cheap political discussion.

Ian MacFarlane | Aug 11, 2009 4:57:33 PM—i think the radical right’s use of language is fascinating if it weren’t so damn scary. words and concepts are bantered arounds by would-be, has-been pseudo-intellectuals. that Limbaugh, Beck, O’Reilly and the like only pass for people who truly understand the concepts and issue. these people have no idea of socialism, have read none of Marx’s work. i think these guys get their concepts from 1950 Cliff Notes and proffer it off as cutting-edge intellectualism. how they have highjacked the meanings of terms, especially complicated ones, and imbued them with contradictory and bogus interpretations is toys-in-the-attick crazy. the best any conservative could do is read, read often and read alot from primary sources and not get the meaning of concepts of pseudo-intellectual charlatans. i mean Limbaugh’s show is brought to us by “The Rush Limbaugh Institute of Conservative Studies”…a guy running around addicted to drugs and holding a high-school diploma.

“the constitution gives me my rights and liberties, that is why i live here.” – Paul Wall
Excuse me Paul but a clarification is in order.
The founding fathers wrote the following in the Declaration of Independence,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,”
The constitution doesn’t give us rights.
Our rights come from our Creator, they are just spelled out in the Constitution.
Carry on.

Noz | Aug 11, 2009 10:40:56 PM—i’m aware of what the Declaration of Independence says. are you aware that it is a separate document than the US Constitution. what the founding fathers wrote about God is irrelevant because it is stated in the first ammendment of the US Constitution (The Bill of Rights) that there is freeedon of religion. whether or not there is a God the constitution gives me my rights as a citizen. The Declaration of Independence is not a law, the Constitution is.

Here’s the reality. Regardless of who put the swastika on his sign, Mr. Scoot first reaction is to play the race card. He reports that he has received mail calling him the N-word but offers no proof. He attempts to portray all those who do not support the president’s health care program as racists. This is a common liberal ploy. When you are no winning, call them racist. This will not make them go away this time. The swatika was placed on his sign to identify him as a fascist. A term he has probably used many times against those who do not follow his political ideology. Suck it up, Scott and stop whining like a mule.
You embarrass me.

Johnnyboy56 | Aug 12, 2009 1:19:33 PM—the swastika is the symbol of pure hatred. it represents mass deportations, forced immigration, physical extermination. that the radical right has used the symbol to oppose health care legislation is unacceptable and is racist. the swastika is used in the South, as you probably very well know, to threaten black people. if people have a disagreement with Congressman Scott they should state it clearly, not use symbols of extermination. black people have rights, Johnnyboy56. if you can’t handle that perhaps you should quit whining like a mule. wear your swastika with pride, man. stick it on your car, fly it from your house, get a cool swastika t-shirt. everyone will know exactly what’s on your mind.

B Goodman | Aug 12, 2009 4:38:26 PM—conservatives become liberals when they lose their jobs or retire. of course these fools disrupting town hall meetings with disruptive behavior are the first in line for the “socialist social services programs” once they have chronic kidney disease, cancer, catastrophic medical costs, a disabled child, lose their sight.