(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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WARBLOGGER WATCH
Sunday, July 07, 2002
A heads up from Mickey Kaus and the Instapundit: The recent assassination of an Italian policy wonk who was hostile towards labor may be only the beginning. Is a deadly synergy emerging, a synergy which leads inexorably to left-wing political violence in the United States?
Connect the dots for yourself: the Climate of Impunity on College Campuses, the Existence of an American Left, the Dynamic Leadership of the Unabomber and SFSU Palestinan Nationalists. The inescapable conclusion to be drawn here is that conservative academics in America have good reason to fear for their safety, to say nothing of the safety of their automobiles.
One detail that Kaus and Instapundit wouldn't necessarily know: A rather large number of American leftists are unlikely to support assassinations, harassment, or mafia-style intimidation tactics on general principle. In many cases, these individuals have adopted "Left" as their political label because they oppose death squads / the School of the Americas, because they're peaceniks, or because they oppose interracial violence, harassment of women, etc. My guess is that if Kaus and Instapundit feel threatened, it's no doubt a function of running a weblog and discovering just how many nutcases are out there! (Lefty blogger Tom Tomorrow has some comments on this phenomenon.) posted by Emmanuel9:26 AM
The Watchers
WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.