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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Randi Trips, Left Goes Crazy... But It's All Our Fault
Last weekend, Randi Rhodes had some sort of accident. Depending on who you're listening to, she either fell while walking her dog or she fell out of a bar after imbibing a tad too much (I can't find anything other than rumor on that one- no named person has said they saw her at the bar). A cohort of hers on Air America immediately said that she was mugged by right wing wackos (he did admit that he was wrong yesterday on the air... but that it wasn't much of a reach to think "the right wing hate machine" could do something like that.)
Of course, after John Elliott went on the air announcing Randi's "mugging," the Left wing of the blogosphere went completely nuts (here's one link... I'm not going to wade through any more of the muck). It's pretty much standard issue "conservatives are evil and out to destroy everyone."
There is something I want to say about some of the stuff I read referencing threats of harm. Evidently, both sides have been threatening to harm (and even kill) public figures from the other side of the political spectrum. Threats of violence (as well as actually carrying them out) are out of line. I'd love to say that those threats are a rare occurrence from the Right, but I'm afraid I'd be sadly mistaken. Should it stop? Yes. Will it? I doubt it.
Back to the story. John Gibson had a humorous summary of the Left's hysteria. It's funny (no, not that Randi was injured- that's not really funny.) When someone on the Right is injured, no one thinks that it was a L3 conspiracy or outright attack. We just (usually correctly) presume that it was an accident. When the Left has an injury, somehow it's always our (the Right's) fault. Paranoia is a trademark of the other side of the aisle.
Of course, after John Elliott went on the air announcing Randi's "mugging," the Left wing of the blogosphere went completely nuts (here's one link... I'm not going to wade through any more of the muck). It's pretty much standard issue "conservatives are evil and out to destroy everyone."
There is something I want to say about some of the stuff I read referencing threats of harm. Evidently, both sides have been threatening to harm (and even kill) public figures from the other side of the political spectrum. Threats of violence (as well as actually carrying them out) are out of line. I'd love to say that those threats are a rare occurrence from the Right, but I'm afraid I'd be sadly mistaken. Should it stop? Yes. Will it? I doubt it.
Back to the story. John Gibson had a humorous summary of the Left's hysteria. It's funny (no, not that Randi was injured- that's not really funny.) When someone on the Right is injured, no one thinks that it was a L3 conspiracy or outright attack. We just (usually correctly) presume that it was an accident. When the Left has an injury, somehow it's always our (the Right's) fault. Paranoia is a trademark of the other side of the aisle.
