{"id":26734,"date":"2012-03-07T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26734"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:22:54","slug":"open-letter-to-certain-leftybloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26734","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter To Certain Leftybloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: Certain leftybloggers who’ve appointed themselves as “FACT CHECKERS”
\nFrom: Mitch Berg, the most factual blogger there is
\nRe: Cough it up.<\/p>\n

To…well, you know who \u00a0you are.<\/p>\n

You’ve posited yourself as a “FACT CHECK”-er. \u00a0Fair enough, we all have our niche.<\/p>\n

So let’s see if you can fill “your” niche, here.<\/p>\n

During the debate over the “Stand Your Ground” bill, you repeatedly called the Cornish bill “crap” legislation. \u00a0You said that it’d lead to all sorts of problems. \u00a0 You said it not once, but several times.<\/p>\n

I asked, every time, for you to elaborate. \u00a0You didn’t. \u00a0I’m sure it’s an oversight.<\/p>\n

So in your capacity as “FACT CHECK”-er, please tell us:<\/p>\n

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  1. How, exactly, “Stand Your Ground” is “crap” legislation. \u00a0And by this, I mean, in which of the 30 states that have “Castle” laws, “Stand Your Ground” laws, or both, has the crime rate risen as a result of the passage of the law<\/em>?<\/li>\n
  2. What, in legal terms, does “Stand \u00a0Your Ground” mean? \u00a0I mean, in your own words. \u00a0This one shouldn’t be difficult; I’ve explained it numerous times in this blog.<\/li>\n
  3. In your own words, what are the real, real-world and legal consequences<\/em>\u00a0of these laws? \u00a0Please cite examples – don’t just quote from chanting-point blogs that you agree with.<\/li>\n
  4. You ascribed the bill to the American Legislative Exchange Commission”, aka “ALEC”, AKA “the boogeyman”. \u00a0Please substantiate that this bill – which has been in the works in Minnesota in one form or another since 2006 – has any connection to ALEC. \u00a0\u00a0(Thanks to Learned Foot for the reminder).<\/li>\n
  5. You also claimed that this bill was there to serve some un-named profit motive. \u00a0Please describe who “profits” from a change in the presumption of innocence int eh elements of a self-defense claim? \u00a0(The only financial impact would seem to be lowering the demand for defense attorneys). \u00a0(Thanks, again, to Learned Foot for the reminder).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    You said “do your homework” – which is a pretty insulting thing to say to someone who has done more homework on this issue than most bloggers have done on every issue combined in their blogging careers.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    To: Certain leftybloggers who’ve appointed themselves as “FACT CHECKERS” From: Mitch Berg, the most factual blogger there is Re: Cough it up. To…well, you know who \u00a0you are. You’ve posited yourself as a “FACT CHECK”-er. \u00a0Fair enough, we all have our niche. So let’s see if you can fill “your” niche, here. During the debate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-26734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-victim-disarmament","tag-open-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26734"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33729,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26734\/revisions\/33729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}