The madness continues -- and is all too predictable . . .
I read that Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide today. Although I never read him much, I did feel sorry for his family (particularly his son, who found the body).

My next thought, however, was that given his hostility to the Bush administration, it was quite likely that the moonbats on the Left would attribute his death to some Republican/NeoCon/Conservative/Bush conspiracy.

So I checked my favorite loony Left website, the Democratic Underground (always good for a laugh) -- and I was right.

It started out small: A poster callinghimself "Bleachers7" stated:

"I wonder if he was suicided[sic]"

It quickly went downhill from there:
BrklynLiberal fanned the flames:

That was my first question..what did he know about the BFEE? (Note: BFEE= Bush Family Evil Empire)

Sydnie, who wants to "Stop Election Fraud", according to her avatar (I wonder how she feels about Democratic ballot stuffing in Philadelphia), mused :

"He wouldn't shoot himself. If he was going to take himself out, he would have taken himself out in a way that would have been a trip. I mean, he would have just expanded his mind until he became part of the universe. I can't imagine that he would have wanted it over in a flash like that.

It just doesn't fit."

Unpossibles then repeated the question:

"wonder if it was voluntary suicide or not...."

whistle, a long-time DU poster with over 1000 posts, then ramped things up a bit:

"I'm finding it very hard to believe this was a suicide.... shades of mysterious microbiologist slayings, a warning to all writers and journalists that free thinking and writing will not be tolerated any longer!"

This bold assertion found immediate traction with two fellow moonbats; TeeYiYi agreed Mr. Thompson was

"suicided, most likely"

while AllyCat and her fiance began speculating as to a possible motive:

"That's what my fiance and I were just thinking. Does anyone know if he was writing a book about Shrubco? He's done it for everyone else and this group was particularly distasteful to him if I understand things correctly."

Now remember, this is all on the basis of a story that Hunter S. Thompson was found dead after commiting suicide. There is no factual reason for these suspicions -- but that doesn't stop these party activists.

GMan, another heavy poster at the DU, didn't go quite that far. He didn't say Mr. Thompson was murdered, but instead wondered whether the suicide was the result of Bush winning reelection:

"I wonder if he left a note. I wonder if it said anything about Bush."

So, what's the big deal? Some people are upset over the death of a popular author. Why point out the looniest among them?

Because this reaction is not uncommon among the Leftist activists who are at the heart of the modern Democrat party. They control the money, the platform, and the public face of the party. And this is how they think.

No logic. No reason. Simply gut emotional reaction that anything negative in the world must be the fault of Bush/Republicans/Conservatives/NeoCons who manipulate everything for personal advantage.

The similarities between this line of thinking and the old anti-Semitic crap asserting that the Jews ran the world, in secret, of course, are striking.

It is also frightening that one of the two major political parties in the most powerful and advanced nation on the planet is now being run by people sympathetic to these thoughts.
- posted by MrSpkr @ 00:16