Progressives are Anti-Government, too

The recent media meme about “anti-government rhetoric” having anything to do with the Arizona shooting has fell flat with the American public, but the calls to return to “civility” nonetheless are still floating heavy around Washington. Part of that “civility” must include, we are told, a toning down of our “anti-government” (and implicitly conservative) rhetoric.

It has become a given among journalists and politicians that “anti-government” is a euphemism for “conservative.” Its not.