Posted by
Always To The Right on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:05:27 PM
But as I noted this morning,
there is solid evidence (both testimonial and circumstantial) that
Loughner’s ideology came not from the right but from the left. His
distrust of government, obsession with monetary systems, even his
atheism and trutherism are all major themes of the film series Zeitgeist. Loughner’s best friend is on record saying that Jared was obsessed with the ideas in these films.
Does Kinsley want us to overlook the actual source of
Loughner’s ideology in order to focus on the talk radio Loughner never
listened to? That makes even less sense than not discussing it at all. I
suppose a more charitable read is that Kinsley is simply unaware of the
Zeitgeist connection. But ten days on, it’s well past time for Kinsley and others to get the facts before hitting the keyboard.