Busiek attacks Mike Huckabee for the wrong reasons

Man, does Busiek ever seem to enjoy turning himself into the kind of writer whose art you need to separate from the artist. Now, he's attacking Huckabee for all the wrong reasons, quoting him defending Christian dignity, and then claims he's quoting Hitler:

Ding DING! We have a winnah! https://t.co/5HYRw2pgHI

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) April 25, 2015

Umm, Busiek, you might want to read some of the degrading statements Hitler made about Christianity before you start contriving arguments. This was a monster who also hated Charles Martel. Since we're on the subject, Kurt, I don't suppose you'd be willing to tell us all who said the following horror circa WW2: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" Challenging question, Busiek: if you really despise nazism, then do you abhor what the Fuhrer said about a race and nation whose citizens largely adhere to the Orthodox Church? Did you even make a solidarity attendance this past month to memorial services for victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915? As a Massachussetts native, I'd assume you have some understanding about this; the Boston area has a significant Armenian community.

Back in the late 80s, Roy & Dann Thomas wrote an Hourman story in the DC Secret Origins series (issue 16, July 1987) where it was brought up in a dialogue that Hitler didn't even celebrate Christmas. Let that serve as a reminder that even some past comic book writers had an understanding of the Nazis' anti-religious viewpoints.

As for Huckabee, the sad part is that there are some things he did in the past that warrant criticism. For example, he once insulted Pamela Geller's intellect by defending Islam and maligning a teenage girl who fled from a Muslim family because she feared becoming a victim of an honor murder for converting to Christianity, and Michelle Malkin once reported that as a governor in Arkansas, Huckabee granted clemency to a violent felon who shot some police officers. Note that these are mostly conservative-leaning women who brought up these issues, but not liberal-leaning men like Busiek, who thinks a contrived issue makes more sense than a valid one.

There's more Busiek's written that's just as bad:

As a liberal, I'm supposed to be bringing sharia law to the U.S. _and_ promoting homofeminatheism. I'm just not sure how to do both at once.

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) April 27, 2015

I'll have ask Obama at the next conspiracy meeting how to be a weak, ineffective, iron-handed tyrant. That ought to sort it out.

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) April 27, 2015

So if I can figure this out, his next straw-man argument is that conservatives accused him of being a sharia proponent? We may not think he's actually in favor of doing that, but he certainly is complacent about those who are advocating and want us to think it's only "peaceful" while never offering any quotes from inside the Koran that we can ponder to determine if they make sense or not.

The Pope says we should stop blaming feminists for everything. That seems fair, as long as we can still blame them for granola and futsal.

— Kurt Busiek (@KurtBusiek) April 30, 2015

In that case, stop blaming conservatives for everything too, and recognize that even liberals make mistakes. At this point, it's clear Busiek is an utter disaster, and whatever great work he did in the past will have to be taken with a lot of salt. How the mighty have fallen.