The Banality of Banality

From RedState.com:

We Must Attack.

It was Hannah Arendt who introduced us to the banality of evil. There was more to this thing called "evil" than grainy newsreel footage of delirious chanting of "Sieg Heil" or the "Internationale." Rage and hatred were not the first steps toward convincing seemingly normal people to go along with totalitarianism. First, repression had to seem normal. Domestic enemies were not hated -- they were dehumanized. In the eyes of their countrymen, their souls were emptied of any qualities extraneous to Political Man. They were the imperialist/capitalist running dog/Jew/Trotskyite -- and that was all.

In 2006 in America, we see perfect replicas of Stalin's drones at work in response to about the only decent thing said about the Domenech affair on Daily Kos. It is an exquisite performance right out of the two minutes hate.

Excuse me, but I've got to go chant "the 'Internationale.'" Be back later.

I'm back. I forgot to read the whole thing. Gavin M. has this quote from the full post:

Michelle. Hugh. Rush. Glenn. This is the moment. Where will you stand?

Wolverines!