The Economist, not a right wing publication, takes Paul Krugman to task for his fact free and frankly delusional rhetoric about the supposed “climate of hate” he accuses conservatives of fostering.
HOW did a deadly shooting spree by a disturbed young man with the typically inscrutable politics of political killers turn into a crazy referendum on the state of American political discourse? ...
In today's column on America's alleged "climate of hate", Mr Krugman reports that he's been "expecting something like this atrocity to happen" since 2008, conjures in his fevered imagination a "rising tide of violence", and spots his hated political foes behind it all...
What's more, unless the ranting right reins in the kind of talk that leaves Mr Krugman "with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach", "Saturday’s atrocity will be just the beginning." Welcome to crazytown, my friends, where it does not seem crazy to disgorge toxic, entirely evidence-free rhetoric about the mortal threat of toxic rhetoric....
Why are we even having this conversation? It's nuts. It's offensive....
If we're going to associate Loughner with anyone, let's at least associate him with one of his obsessions:
Mr Loughner's obsession with language as a form of control seems rather less like Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin than Max Stirner, Michel Foucault, or even left-leaning linguists such as George Lakoff and Geoffrey Nunberg....But nobody's going to try to smear Max Stirner, George Lakoff, or David Wynn Miller in the pages of the New York Times by recklessly associating their teachings with the tragedy in Tucson because, well, that would be completely bonkers and, more importantly, Max Stirner, George Lakoff, and David Wynn Miller didn't just recapture the House.
Touché
But it we’re allowed to speculate without concrete evidence, just by using our “gut,” let’s try to reason why Krugman is pursuing what appears to be a totally irrational path. Assuming Krugman is not mentally ill (always a possibility) let’s connect the dots:
- He works for the NY Times
- Published by the virulently Leftist Arthur Sulzberger.
- Who sided with the Communists during the war in Viet Nam.
- And thinks he can pull a coup against the Republicans following their win in November’s elections.
Krugman has his marching orders and is going on the attack at the behest of his bosses. After a few days, "Krazy Krugman" is beginning to resemble General George Pickett. This may be the high water mark of the Leftist Confederacy and the Ruling Class.
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