Reality check. Only because somebody is batshit crazy, doesn't mean he can't be a right-winger.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

In fact, it helps. A lot.

That will be all. Have a nice day.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. The two occurring together is far from uncommon.....

In fact, there are times it seems that the former is a prerequisite for the latter.

[DCKit]

10. Or is the latter a prerequisite for the former?

Kissing cousins, at the very least.

[Arkana]

2. The guy was virulently anti-government and a Limbaugh listener.

Sounds like a wingnut to me.

[kestrel91316]

3. Hell, you HAVE to be batshit crazy to buy into all that RW crap.

[cali]

4. reality check. people who are psychotic

are not operating in the same reality (including politics) that the rest of us share.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Hence the "it helps" part. -nt

[EstimatedProphet]

6. It doesn't even matter whether he is or not

The climate that the rightwing demagogues have created is what matters. The point of being responsible with speech is precisely because things someone says could easily be interpreted in a negative light by someone mentally unstable and unable to comprehend metaphor and/or restraint. He didn't have to be a rightwingnut in order for the rightwing to have caused this through inciting violence.

[The Magistrate]

7. Exactly, My Friend

[EFerrari]

8. Precisely. n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. This is the correct answer. -nt