re: #18 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Is it, though? To me it’s all shades of “You made me do that”—disproportionate offense justified as defense…a feint, a cover story.

I use the words “mountebank” and “counterfeit” a great deal when talking about this subject, because I can’t come up with a better framing concept. Built into all the demagoguery is a cynicism, a willingness to bend concepts and double-talk around principles that are supposed to be basic.