Of the many reasons I don't ascribe to political labels, one is the inability of a movement or label to uniformly possess the same content across languages and borders. Another more glaringly obvious reason is that it means you accept and understand the idiocy and absurdity of the individual actions done in the name of liberalism, conservatism, socialism, or whatever empty ideology you may ascribe to. In particular reference are the slurs used by tea party protestors against health care reform against black and gay members of Congress.

When Rep. Barney Frank, report Talking Points Memo, "rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you faggot." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in laughter."

Seriously? This is the kind of jocular, schoolyard taunting that stands to completely invalidate any meaningful position that may be held against healthcare reform. Understanding the wider context of American conservatism, and the idea that uncredentialed journalists like Glenn Beck are allowed to dominate the airwaves, it seems apocalyptically expected. A double case-in-point is the following interview with Beck and Palin.

Rife with theatrics, contrived emotional pleas, and masturbatory schizophrenically-paranoid commentary, I legitimately wonder if American conservatives who fail to see the self-parodical hilarity of their beliefs have lost their mind.