{"id":75052,"date":"2020-08-19T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=75052"},"modified":"2020-08-19T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:27:58","slug":"if-you-cant-stand-the-heat-get-out-of-the-cul-de-sac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=75052","title":{"rendered":"If You Can&#8217;t Stand The Heat, Get Out Of The Cul-De-Sac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Among the left&#8217;s long list of abusive rhetorical techniques, and the one that has me in a particular state of pique, is the phrase &#8220;SAY HIS (or HER) NAME&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty ghastly bit of emotional manipulation &#8211; basically a bit of on-the-spot brainwashing, and the crudest, most blunt-force kind of framing there is.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, Governor Klink is clearly getting the message &#8211; the suburbs, which gave the DFL the majority that keeps his dictatorial power in place, are clearly not amused by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=75041\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"75041\">last weekend&#8217;s shenanigans and malarkey in Hugo. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he can&#8217;t quuuiiiiiite put it in words without getting his progressive puppetmasters to whack him on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We cannot accept the threatening behavior and rhetoric we\u2019ve seen recently in our political discourse. When I talk about building One Minnesota, it doesn&#39;t mean we all agree or that we won&#39;t fight for what we believe in. It means we treat each other with decency and respect.<\/p>&mdash; Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/1295844927906160640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, just a doggone minute, Governor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What <\/em>threatening behavior?  What bloodthirsty rhetoric? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From whom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Say his name<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And<\/em> his party.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hint:  it&#8217;s the party &#8211; from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=63507\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"63507\">leadership<\/a> on down &#8211; that is <em>always <\/em>the one <em>actually <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?tag=anti-fa\">attacking people<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?cat=419\">breaking things<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go ahead, Governor Walz.  Or, let&#8217;s be honest, Flanagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live outside the Jonestown cult that is the DFL in the Twin Cities, you need to make sure your neighbors seriously absorb this episode.  It tells you <em>everything there is to know <\/em>about today&#8217;s DFL. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the left&#8217;s long list of abusive rhetorical techniques, and the one that has me in a particular state of pique, is the phrase &#8220;SAY HIS (or HER) NAME&#8221;. It&#8217;s a pretty ghastly bit of emotional manipulation &#8211; basically a bit of on-the-spot brainwashing, and the crudest, most blunt-force kind of framing there is. 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