{"id":5570,"date":"2014-04-18T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2014-04-18T09:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:18:40","slug":"the-lefts-mark-for-modern-sinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/04\/18\/the-lefts-mark-for-modern-sinners\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left&#8217;s Mark for Modern Sinners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Searchlight&#8217;s dim bulb, Senator Harry Reid, went on yet <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/04\/07\/harry-reid-republicans-should-wear-koch-stickers\/\" target=\"_blank\">another rant<\/a> about the Koch Bros.:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;NASCAR fans can easily find their favorite drivers by simply looking at the cars as they fly because there are corporate emblems on the hood of the car. In fact, they\u2019re all over the in fact, they\u2019re all over the car. For our clothing here in the for our clothing here in the Senate we don\u2019t bear commercial. Many Republican senators might as well wear Koch industries insignias.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The marking of enemies is not Reid&#8217;s desire alone.\u00a0 Attorney General Eric Holder wants to force so-called &#8220;smart gun&#8221; technology that would require the owner of a gun wear a special ring or <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/04\/07\/eric-holder-wants-gun-owners-to-wear-tracking-bracelets\/#ixzz2yFyuyExm\" target=\"_blank\">bracelet<\/a> in order to operate the gun, despite the fact that such technology is far less reliable than most guns:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;&#8216;One of the things we learned when we were trying to pass those common sense reforms last year, Vice President Biden and I had a meeting with a group of technology people and talked about how guns can be made more safe by making them either though fingerprint identification, the gun talks to a bracelet that you might wear, how guns can be used only by the person who is lawfully in possession of the weapon,&#8217; said Holder, referring to so-called &#8216;smart gun&#8217; technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While these two instances of marking come from different origins, they do show a common worldview: To mark their enemies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since yellow stars and pink triangles have already been used, then perhaps, a new symbol of shame would be applied?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5571\" title=\"teapot-silhouette-ii\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teapot-silhouette-ii.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teapot-silhouette-ii.jpg 615w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teapot-silhouette-ii-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or perhaps another badge?\u00a0 After all, it makes it so much easier to purge the society of incorrect thinkers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1751\" title=\"TheScarletLetter\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TheScarletLetter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TheScarletLetter.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/TheScarletLetter-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Heck, why not just apply a mark of Cain?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b-BwXAGDfk8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Left's Mark for Modern Sinners\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Between Harry Reid's Koch Bros. insignia and Eric Holder's special bracelets for gun owners, the Left loves marking their enemies as 'the other'.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/teapot-silhouette-ii.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Searchlight&#8217;s dim bulb, Senator Harry Reid, went on yet another rant about the Koch Bros.: &#8220;NASCAR fans can easily find their favorite drivers by simply looking at the cars as they fly because there are corporate emblems on the hood &hellip; 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