Tammy Bruce: Debra Messing and Eric McCormack have done us all a big favor -- Here's why

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Two actors who are best known for a television sitcom that aired more
than a decade ago have found a new lease on life - exposing for all of
us of the totalitarian instincts of liberals.

Eric McCormack and Debra Messing of the 1990s TV series "Will and
Grace" decided it would be a really good idea to use social media to
call for a blacklist of conservatives in Hollywood. Being oh so clever,
and knowing exactly what it was they were doing, they opted to couch
their fascist instinct as a personal inquiry so that they would know
who not to work with.

In response to a Hollywood Reporter tweet announcing that President
Donald Trump would be appearing in a Beverly Hills fundraiser in mid-
September, Mr. McCormack tweeted, "Hey, kindly report on everyone
attending this event so the rest of us can be clear about who we don't
wanna work with. Thx." Ms. Messing issued her support for the creation
of the list shortly thereafter, tweeting the trade magazine should
"print a list of all attendees please" adding that "the public has a
right to know."

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The two actors are friends, so it's not a stretch to believe this to be
a dumb but coordinated effort repeating what Rep. Joaquin Castro did in
Texas when he released the names and employers of local Trump donors.

Both Ms. Messing and Mr. McCormack are middle-aged. They're not 20-
somethings with no education about U.S. history, which would include
the 1950s' McCarthy-era and the blacklisting of actors and other
creative people who were, or just thought to be, associated with the
Communist Party.

The good news is they were confronted on social media and on various
television programs for the obvious call for a blacklist. After all,
there's only one reason you put out a public call to create a list of
people and that is to invite shunning, harassment, and sometimes even
violence, against those whom you are targeting.

That didn't seem to matter until Whoopi Goldberg condemned them both on
national television. The cohost of "The View" did something remarkable,
not just because of her liberalism, but because she is the only
Hollywood liberal, so far, to slam the two actors for calling for
something that is, in fact, fascist.

The Hollywood Reporter said, ". Whoopi Goldberg was not pleased that
Messing and McCormack would make such a request. In a heated dialogue
with fellow panelists Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin, Goldberg said that
`the last time people did this, it did not end well. . We had something
called a blacklist, and a lot of really good people were accused of
stuff. Nobody cared whether it was true or not. They were accused. And
they lost their right to work. . In this country, people can vote for
who they want to. That is one of the great rights of this country. You
don't have to like it, but we don't go after people because we don't
like who they voted for. We don't go after them that way. We can talk
about issues and stuff, but we don't print out lists.'"

Lo and behold after that exchange, Mr. McCormack issued a statement,
insisting that he doesn't support blacklists. Reports were that he was
"walking back" his comments, but that's not entirely accurate. Instead,
he insisted he had been "misinterpreted" and that while he doesn't
support blacklists or discrimination of any kind, he added, on
Instagram, "I'd simply like to understand where Trump's major donations
are coming from which is a matter of public record. I am holding myself
responsible for making educated and informed decisions that I can
morally and ethically standby and to do that transparency is
essential."

What utter nonsense. I'm sure if he could have added an insincere
confused shrug, he would have.

Ms. Messing, in the meantime, retweeted that, saying she agrees
completely. Of course she does. "I couldn't of said it better," is how
she chimed in on Twitter.

There is an importance to this charade in that it reveals and confirms
what we've seen the Democratic Party and liberals as they devolve back
into the most natural state of the left - slouching toward the desire
to harm, and even destroy, those with whom they disagree.

Keep in mind, the call itself for the creation of a blacklist is
actually the totalitarian aspect - an overarching threat meant to
frighten and intimidate people from acting on their own personal
beliefs, political, social or cultural. It is meant to stomp on the
virtual neck of anyone who may dare think for themselves.

From Rep. Maxine Waters calling for personal direct harassment of Trump
supporters, to Mr. Castro, who released the names and employers of
Trump donors in Texas, and now for these two sitcom actors calling for
a list of political heretics, the point is to frighten, intimidate,
bully and threaten people into silence and retreat.

This tells you everything you need to know about the Democratic Party,
the liberal establishment and their enforcers, and it is vital you
remember in 2020.

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Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.