The degeneration of the political/populist right has provided no end of hilarious and pathetic spectacles that could provide fodder for every other blog post -- and often do over at Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, which is where I just saw this. I usually resist, but this video by the Columbus Dispatch of a Tea Party rally and the treatment of a man who says he has Parkinson's and wants health care reform is really shocking. They make drunken frat boys look like angels. What the hell is happening to us?

David Gibson is the director of Fordham’s Center on Religion & Culture.

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