Crowd Control as Mind Control

What happened to the day when the President of the United States was just that—the president of not just the people who voted for him and who support his policies, but of all the people? The post at Dangerous Intersection makes me think of Cindy Sheehan, dismissed by conservatives as a “crackpot.” Like the word “heckler,” the word “crackpot” implies that Sheehan’s point of view was simply not worth considering; her actions were not the actions of a sane person, but rather some crazed lunatic. And this from people who can usually voice nothing but superlatives about the patriotism of and sacrifices made by those whose sons (or daughters) lose their lives in war.

Of course, that his been this administration’s M.O. for this war from the get-go: hide everything you can about it, including the fact that not all the parents and families of service men and women agree with you, and if you can’t hide it, dismiss them as crazies and don’t invite them to your speeches.