Fraters Libertas is one of the blogs I make a point of reading daily. Its recent redesign makes it all the more attractive to visit. Today, the Elder writes from Amsterdam about his visit to a museum dedicated to the Dutch resistance to the Nazi occupation:

After I finished the tour, I stopped by a street—side café next door for a beer and a bite. A short while later the group of Americans that I had noticed at the museum pulled up a table at the same café within earshot. They began discussing the various exhibits at the museum and, before long, my initial suspicions were confirmed. They, the woman in particular, saw parallels between the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and what they believe is occurring today in John Ashcroft's Amerika.

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What are you going to say to people who have abandoned the realm of rational thought? People who believe that Bush is a puppet in an evil conspiracy orchestrated by either Dick Cheney, James Baker, George H. Bush, or all of them working together? People who believe that the Democrats are playing the role today that the NSB (a Dutch National Socialist Party that collaborated with the Nazis) did in the Netherlands during World War Two? People who believe that the Democratic National Convention was a frightening display of war mongering, but support John Kerry because he speaks French? People who believe that the entire world is counting on the American people to remove Bush from office? People who believe that if, by some fluke, Bush is re—elected he will be impeached early in his second term? People who believe that if Bush is re—elected the level of "national resistance" (whatever the hell that means) will escalate?

For the record, I overheard all of these loony beliefs (and more) expressed on Sunday. We're through the looking glass here people. I can almost understand ignorant lefties throwing around their "Bush is a Nazi" claptrap without really understanding just how ridiculous that comparison is. But these people had just come from a museum that graphically detailed the brutality inflicted by the occupying Nazis

We are indeed through the looking glass. A substantial percentage of the American (and world) population has become unhinged. In the wake of a Bush victory in November, I fear we are going to see a concerted effort at impeachment, acompanied by outbreaks of domestic political violence. It could get very ugly indeed.

Posted by Thomas  8 10 04