many threads in this weave
"words to that effect" kind of makes you wonder what he really said
—takes us back to his automatic assumption that the guy who wrote "Kip Hawley is an idiot" on a
clear plastic bag deserved to be detained by the TSA and the local law enforcement authorities.
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=268864|Here's the entire subject thread] just in case you weren't paying attention. Beep basically says—at considerable length, and notwithstanding several invitations to walk it back—that anyone who presumes to express a political opinion disagreeable to a TSA screener richly deserves whatever grief comes his way. Sounds like a fearless libertarian to me—
not!Beep might be a great guy in person. Given that many of you have met him, and speak well of him, I'd be prepared to wager real money to that effect. But I only know him from his online presence, and the preponderance of evidence after four years suggests that he is largely a co-enabler of our burgeoning fascist regime. I will treat him accordingly in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, or until the political climate shifts sufficiently that I can regard his ilk as relatively harmless.
cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.