John Birch Values Return To Mainstream Right-Wing Extremism, WFB Spins In Grave

D-K Wangchuck brought to our short attention span a dose of denseness from America's Shittiest Website® in which, among other crap, NRO typists Lowry & Ponnuru claim that public transit is, somehow, "un-American." The Dragon-King noted reaction from leftish web loggers:

Matthew Schmitz ably handles the allegation that mass transit is a “socialistic program” or “infringement on our liberty” by asking compared to what?

Presumably they think this because mass transit is built and administered by the government and supported, quite often, by taxes. But the exact same thing is true of highways. Would Lowry and Ponnuru denounce the Interestate system as socialistic on the same grounds?

which reminded us of something we'd read (kindly preserved by culteducation.com) concerning a John Birch Society summer camp:

A lot of what's taught is standard conservative rhetoric - but always with a sinister twist.

Mass transit, for instance, is a mistake not because freeways are more cost-effective, but because it will allow the government to control the movement of its citizens. By getting rid of cars, "they'll be able to restrict where you go," director Bearly says.

That's right, if you can take the bullet train to Vegas, you'll turn into a Frenchie!

We're forced to conclude that there's no longer any point in using deduction or logic to determine why the reactionaries have issues w/ something. It has nothing to do w/ what passes for logic on the other side of the aisle. They're all Birchers now.Remind yourselves of the title of the piece in question, lefties:

An Exceptional Debate
The Obama administration’s assault on American identity

How can you convince someone that's not happening? (Let alone that it might not be a bad idea?)