Sunday, October 03, 2010

Left-Wing Crazies Take Their Turn

What's the antidote to Glenn Beck?

Probably not the showing of left-wing marchers who turned out for the One Nation rally yesterday. It fell far short of Beck's massive march in terms of numbers and enthusiasm, but it did mirror it in one key way: plenty of wingnuts, reports The Daily Beast's John Avlon.

The rally offered a snapshot of the fragile coalition that is the contemporary far left—a dizzying array of activist organizations and identity politics, with financial muscle provided by the labor unions who bused their members in.

Signs that read "Yes We Can...Bomb Civilians!" and "Jesus Christ is the Almighty Liberal" prove that wingnuts aren't limited to one side of the political spectrum, writes Avlon, author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America.

Read the rest of story in The Daily Beast

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