Only filthy, rude hippies can possibly be real protestors

The airways and intertubes are awash with stories of what are obviously the staged, insincere, destructive, nonsensical protests of conservatives over President Obama’s health care reform.  (But liberal outrage is a sign of a healthy democracy, see.)

Senatress Barbara Boxer (ma’am) has gone so far as to claim the dissenters are too well-dressed to be real.  (So, apparently, as Jonah Goldberg noted this week, only filthy hippies can be real protestors.)

I am trying to be a bit charitable here, as part of the “confusion” may be real.  Do you remember this news outlet and that making something of the fact that no one was arrested at Obama’s inauguration?  It was never a mystery to me why, nor did I think it particularly notable.  It’s as simple as the fact that the shrieking malcontents who would normally disrupt such an event were, by and large, pleased with the proceedings.

The unstated premise is that everyone knows that for the most part, conservatives don’t express dissatisfaction in boisterous and unlawful ways.  So, what to make of said conservatives actually (gasp!) raising their voices at health care/health insurance/whatever-it-is-today-politically-expedient-to-call-it reform “town hall” meetings?

Could it be that they’re faced with genuinely frightening policy?  Could it be that they’re shocked, appalled, and afraid at the certain prospect of the White House compiling an enemies’ list?  Incidentally, check this article out.  Judge Andrew Napolitano has pointed out that the White House is legally forbidden from collecting and storing data on those who disagree with it.  However, it is also legally required to retain a copy of any communication it receives.

Care to find me a lawful path through that?

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