Progressivism and Hatred: Malkin's Primer of Leftist Hate

You have got to check out Michelle Malkin's post today in which she responds to the Left who sanctimoniously claims that "vitriolic rhetoric" has been coming only from the Right.  She says: "And don’t let the media whitewash the sins of the hypocritical Left in their naked attempt to suppress the law-abiding, constitutionally-protected, peaceful, vigorous political speech of the Right."

The progressive "climate of hate:" An illustrated primer of hate, 2000-2010

Here's the table of contents ...

The progressive climate of hate: A comprehensive illustrated primer in 8 parts:

I. PALIN HATE
II. BUSH HATE
III. MISC. TEA PARTY/GOP/ANTI-TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE HATE
IV. ANTI-CONSERVATIVE FEMALE HATE
V. LEFT-WING MOB HATE — campus, anti-war radicals, ACORN, eco-extremists, & unions
VI. OPEN-BORDERS HATE
VII. ANTI-MILITARY HATE
VIII. HATE: CRIMES — the ever-growing Unhinged Mugshot Collection

I agree with the present call for more civility in public discourse; however, those calling for it need to:

1) recognize their own guilt in participating in hate speech;
2) recognize that no one is innocent;
3) be very skeptical of the calls for legislating public discourse and see them for that they truly are -- calls to suppress speech;
4) grow up and recognize metaphors, similes, and analogies as just what they are -- figures of speech to illustrate points but are never intended to be taken literally.