TORTURE IS WRONG, EXCEPT WHEN IT'S NOT

I think we have well and truly tripped through the looking glass, my friends. Moments ago, I listened, shaking my head, as saltspring defended Augusto Pinochet, the butcher of Chile, despotic author of thousands of disappearances, tortures, and murders. Apparently, in shitspring's diseased cortex, not being a socialist gets you a free pass on terror and torture. Gleeful monkey-boy MrArchieBunker is flailing his limbs and giving both Pinochet and salty the thumbs-up.

No word yet on whether the blinding hypocrisy missile fired off by salty and the other depraved denizens of Rightwingtopia has circumnavigated the globe to vaporize them in their swivelback computer chairs. Not for a moment would it occur to salty that hearing him defend the dictatorial atrocities of a favored fascist South American despot makes us grab our wallets when we hear him whine and moan and rend his garments over the horrible crimes of Saddam. Considering that both Saddam and Augusto were both featured centerfolds in the Fascist Teen Beat that Reagan was jerking off to every night, you'll forgive me if I doubt your sincerity, salty.

This is probably a foreign concept to the wingnuts like Arch, Brute, and salty, but some of us make our judgements based on something called "our principles." Let me give you a concrete example. If, hypothetically, a jackboot tramples down a door in the dead of night, whisks away a dissident in a black hood, and sizzles his flesh with electrical torture, all before drilling holes in his body, beating him to death, and dumping his corpse in a shallow grave, that is something I consider wrong, no matter who does it.

Allow me to compare:

Jesus Claus - Torture is wrong, all the time, anywhere, no matter who does it.

MrArchieBunker, Brutelogic, saltspring - Torture is very, very bad when Saddam does it, but not so bad when the loveable, cuddly Pinochet does it.

I think I finally understand the wingnut mind. However, it's be a good idea for us to run further tests. I imagine if I can find a fascist dictator, they'd let us drill some holes in wingnut heads to verify our hypotheses. Do you think that would be wrong? Because saltspring doesn't.

JC