And isn’t it interesting and instructive to notice that these liberals see a mere conservative as evil and deserving harassment and assault, and yet we never hear of liberals doing anything nasty to a communist. Wear a McCain t-shirt and you’ll get your share of abuse, but wear a Che shirt and you’ll be welcome in every coffee shop and campus in America.

Actually, I think its the same psychological dynamic that lets people accept that the hero cop in cop stories can fast and loose with procedures/civil rights without appearing the villain. When you think that you have right on your side, it seems okay to bend the rules. When the hero cop beats a confession out of someone, thats okay. When a Nazi does it, its evil.

They think its okay to harass people they consider evil because evil people deserve everything they get.

But this list controversy suggests that having a lawn sign is something kept secret.

It’s one thing to have a sign in your yard, its another to have a large news organ in your locality single you out, call you evil and then print your address.

Traditionally, media producers have recognized that if they have thousands to millions of readers/viewers some of them may be mentally unstable and/or impulsive. Putting the focus on someone can make them a target for people that might act out. To that end, newspapers et al have traditionally removed information that could point a disturbed/extremist reader directly at the object of the story.

I swear Minnesotans are more into Halloween then people in any other part of the country.

But this list controversy suggests that having a lawn sign is something kept secret. Where do people put them? In a drawer under their underwear next to their copy of Cosmo?