{"id":15955,"date":"2013-12-14T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T18:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=15955"},"modified":"2013-12-14T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T18:35:23","slug":"the-shooter-was-a-left-wing-anti-gunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/14\/the-shooter-was-a-left-wing-anti-gunner\/","title":{"rendered":"The shooter was a left-wing anti-gunner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or so it appears. The kid who used his “deadly assault shotgun” at school this week in Colorado, Karl Pierson, sneered at the free market and believed that the R-party supported “gun violence.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“I was wondering to all the neoclassicals and neoliberals, why isn’t the market correcting itself?” he wrote. “If the invisible hand is so strong, shouldn’t it be able to overpower regulations?”<\/p>\n

Pierson also appears to mock Republicans on another Facebook post, writing “you republicans are so cute” and posting an image that reads: “The Republican Party: Health Care: Let ’em Die, Climate Change: Let ’em Die, Gun Violence: Let ’em Die, Women’s Rights: Let ’em Die, More War: Let ’em Die. Is this really the side you want to be on?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But note how the article tries at first to avoid mentioning the particular slant of Pierson’s “very strong beliefs about gun laws and stuff.”<\/p>\n

ADDED: It appears that someone originally quoted in the linked article even described Pierson as a “Socialist”<\/a>. The Post<\/i> has seen fit to remove that word for some reason. Hm. Maybe they simply corrected a mis-quote. But in that case, standard journalistic procedure would be to note the correction in a note. So perhaps they …. no, no mainstream news source would …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or so it appears. The kid who used his “deadly assault shotgun” at school this week in Colorado, Karl Pierson, sneered at the free market and believed that the R-party supported “gun violence.” “I was wondering to all the neoclassicals and neoliberals, why isn’t the market correcting itself?” he wrote. “If the invisible hand is so strong, shouldn’t it be able to overpower regulations?” Pierson also appears to mock Republicans on another Facebook post, writing “you republicans are so cute” and posting an image that reads: “The Republican Party: Health Care: Let ’em Die, Climate Change: Let ’em Die, Gun…<\/p>\n

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