Commenter Conservatively Liberal at Balloon Juice” regarding the mindset of the average wingnut (and don’t forget to read the post that sparked this comment, Cole’s link to Red State’s wondiferous plan to cut ALL Federal Taxes — that’s right, all of them, all sources of government revenue — in order to save the economy):
I was joking with our daughter about how stupid these wingnuts are. She made the usual observation that it seems like everything they do is exactly the opposite of whatever the Democrats do. If the Democrats are for it then they are against it. Musing, I wondered what would happen if the Democrats decided to sponsor a bill that outlaws the specific act of putting a bullet in your head. Do you think that the wingnuts would start arguing that everyone has the right to put a bullet in their head if they want to?
As for my answer to Conservatively Liberal’s question, yes, yes I do think our Reich Wingers would demand the right to put a bullet in their heads if Democrats tried to pass a law banning it. Isn’t that what the Second Amendment is for – the right to blow the top of your skull off with your own firearm?
Suicide is illegal already, no?
Perhaps wingnuts just haven’t realized this and need it pointed out to them. Please provide them this service whenever possible.
Well then what are we waiting for?
Do you think that the wingnuts would start arguing that everyone has the right to put a bullet in their head if they want to?
Yes. They may also shoot themselves in the foot.
Am I the only one who would tend to agree with the conservatives in that argument?
Which argument — eliminating taxes, or the right to blow your brains out?
<zombie> BRAAAAINSS!!!! </zombie>
One of the Balloon Juice commenters suggested something similar about the Fairness Doctrine. They speculated that the wingnuts’ heads would explode if Obama signed an executive order banning it.
Actually last year there was a much better example of exactly this sort of thing.
Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens