So far, it appears that Clint/Rivethead has been behaving himself the last couple of days. Hopefully, the extent of his own unbridled rage was a personal wake-up call. But we’ve all seen where taunting him can lead. We’re dealing with someone so unstable that even the other progressives are disgusted by it.

Now that we’ve seen the depths of evil to which he can sink, I suggest we just let sleeping dogs lie rather than run the risk of him hurting anyone else. His own words speak for themselves.

One of the down sides of the blogosphere is the ease with which people anonymously engage in argumentum ad hominem. We’re all guilty of it from time to time; the problem arises when obviously unstable people believe this gives them license to escalate it to this level.

Using personal attacks for hyperbole is often tempting, but every time we do, we run the risk that it will lead to something no one ever intended.

I’ve thought for some time that the perpetrator of this horrible deed was wound a little tight, but now I really fear that his words could even escalate to violence. If anyone reading this knows him personally and could intervene, I’d be grateful.

Whether here or at Panhandle Truth Squad, let’s all vow to disagree without being disagreeable.

In this case I am doing both.

My sincerest apologies for any hurt I enabled.