{"id":58883,"date":"2016-05-23T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=58883"},"modified":"2017-04-06T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T20:22:06","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=58883","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who Is Joe Doakes? \u00a0Is he just a pseudonym for…Mitch Berg?\u00a0<\/strong>– I get this a lot. \u00a0I have to chuckle a good-natured chuckle when I do; I’ve written something like 20,000 posts on this blog over the years; I do not need a medium for\u00a0additional\u00a0<\/em>writing on this blog. \u00a0That’d be like Rush Limbaugh coming up with some character voice to do another talk show.<\/p>\n

Joe Doakes is in fact a pseudym for a local lawyer. \u00a0He writes under a pen name because – he’s a local lawyer.<\/p>\n

That’s the whole story.<\/p>\n

You used to read and report on what a lot of Democrat-leaning blogs were writing about. \u00a0You don’t so much anymore. \u00a0Why?<\/strong> \u00a0 I waste less time by just subscribing to the Alliance for a “Better” Minnesota email blasts.<\/p>\n

Some of your commenters\u00a0have\u00a0<\/em>to be sock puppets<\/strong>: \u00a0Nope. \u00a0Never done it, never will. \u00a0Oh, it’s been tempting – the idea of abandoning my stentorian detachment under the cover of a fictitious identity and just cutting loose. \u00a0But no, ever done it.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it high time you updated the DFL Dictionary<\/a>?<\/strong>: \u00a0Oh, yeah \u00a0Great idea. \u00a0Stay tuned. \u00a0 More to come shortly.<\/p>\n

In your various pieces about “Protect Minnesota”, “Everytown” and “Moms Want Action”, you’ve referred to something called “ELCA Hair” to describe members of the groups. \u00a0What do you mean? \u00a0<\/strong>That’s a good question; it’s probably pretty opaque to people who aren’t familiar with liberal culture in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

There’s something of a “uniform” among upper-middle-class white liberals in Minnesota. \u00a0This “uniform” – it’s got plenty of variations, but work with me here – generally includes:<\/p>\n