In a rare moment of candor from Tinseltown, actor Rainn Wilson has ripped into the Democratic Party for its glaring double standards.
Best known for playing the quirky Dwight Schrute on the hit sitcom The Office, Wilson didn’t hold back when discussing the controversy surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Platner, a Democrat running for office, has come under fire for sporting a N*zi tattoo. Conservatives have rightly highlighted the disturbing symbol as evidence of extremism that has no place in American politics.
Yet, as Wilson pointed out, the reaction from the left has been anything but consistent.
Wilson appeared on Fox News and delivered a blunt assessment of the partisan games at play. He noted how the right has condemned the tattoo, while Democrats seem eager to sweep it under the rug.
“The political right is all up in arms about it [Platner’s tattoo], ‘Oh, he’s a racist, see?’” Wilson stated.
“But they won’t look at their own side when people show racist tendencies or say racist things.”
He didn’t stop there. Wilson turned the mirror back on the left, admitting their behavior mirrors the very flaws they accuse others of having.
“And it’s the same on the left,” he stated.
“They’re willing to overlook the Platner N*zi tattoo, but if it was someone from the other side that had a tattoo that was questionable, they would be all over MSNBC about it.”
This kind of honesty exposes the rotten core of modern politics. Populist voices on the right have long argued that rules seem to apply only to one team.
When a conservative slips up, the media machine springs into action with wall-to-wall coverage and demands for resignation.
But let a Democrat embrace something as vile as N*zi imagery, and suddenly it’s crickets or excuses.
Wilson’s frustration resonates with millions of working-class folks tired of the elite’s selective outrage.
These are the same people who see their communities changed by policies pushed by the very politicians who lecture them about tolerance.
“So, it’s the hypocrisy that gets me the most,” Wilson said. “It’s the hypocrisy of, like, both sides need to have, kind of, equal standards of behavior.”
Equal standards. That’s a radical idea in today’s Washington, where power protects power.
