Liberal fascism at work: Wisconsin public employee unions, including police unions threaten businesses who don't support them

Some of my friends poo poo the notion of liberal fascism but when 'public servants' threaten those that they purport to serve if they do not support their political agenda we have entered the fascist zone.  This particularly true of the police.  Who protects us when the protectors do the threatening?  Is this how things get done in a liberal republic?  Not in my book.  Jim Taranto has more.

In the letter to Wisconsin businessmen, however, we see why so-called collective bargaining is particularly corrupting to the police. Although the letter explicitly threatens only an economic boycott, when it is written on behalf of the police--of those on whom all citizens depend to protect their safety--it invariably raises the prospect of another kind of boycott. Can a businessman who declines this heavy-handed "request" be confident that the police will do their job if he is the victim of a crime--particularly if the crime itself is in retaliation for his refusal to support "the dedicated public employees who serve our communities"?