The Moral Relativism of an Aspiring "Freelance Conservative Revolutionist"

PheistyChick on what mushy liberals think about crime:

And there are many more criminals who deny that what they did was wrong, yet they make excuses for their actions. (In my opinion, the excuses themselves unveil a guilty conscience.)  If a man has murdered a small child, and does not show any form of remorse, does this mean that he has simply  not experienced empathy, and therefore cannot tell the difference between right and wrong?  Does the empathy itself create the moral code? If there is no empathy, is there no crime?  If the jugement of a crime is based upon a person's life experiences and lack of empathy, how can we charge him with a crime?  How can we even have laws?  By your line of reasoning, that man I described would be innocent.

.... okay, let's review the facts in the case:

Mark Olson admittted to throwing his wife to the ground three times. He bruised her. He ran away and hid in a church school. He was arrested and jailed. He cried in court and refused to enter a plea.

Mark Olson delayed his trial several times, using what right-wingers like to call "technicalities".

.... and Olson blamed his wife for what happened:

TO THE EDITOR:

I am proud of my sister, Heidi Olson, and her decision not to try to influence the public by making statements about the incidents which landed Mark Olson in jail. However, after attending the latest hearing on Feb. 9, I heard Olson's lawyer tell a reporter the false story that Heidi "came after Olson and he was trying to control the situation". Perhaps a weak case has led him to apply this tactic. It is misperceptions like that which hopefully will be brought out in court, when persons testifying are under oath.

It is my hope that the people of Sherburne County will agree that physical violence is never warranted or justified. In my 32 plus years of marriage, my husband has never been physically aggressive with me. I don't think I could do anything that would cause him to act that way. Unless there is a common agreement and a standard about domestic violence, there is not much more that can be said.

Holli Rebney

Minnetonka, MN

... and here's Olson when he was tough on crime:



Ken Avidor wants to know why the major news media promoted Personal Rapid Transit.

"PheistyChick" Rethinks Her Support For Rep. Mark Olson

Pheistyblog:

So why am I supportive of Rep. Olson? To be honest, I don’t really know. Every logical thought I’ve had has told me to run from this as fast as I can, in the other direction.

... you should listen to that little voice more often, PheistyChick...

What I do know is that there are more to these stories than what the media is reporting, and that the man that I met with on Friday is a man who truly wants to do what’s right. That’s what my heart tells me. And I’m also reminded that there is more to this than meets the eye, and that I am no one (obviously) to judge.

The right-wingers are always saying liberals listen to their bleeding hearts when it comes to crime. "Too soft on crime" is what the righties say... "lock up the bastards and throw away the key"... except when it's their friends and cohorts who are accused of crimes.

Olson himself was one of those tough-on-crime right-wingers. Here's a clipping from his campaign literature:



Ken Avidor blogs about the hypocrites and liars who promoted Personal Rapid Transit and other gadgetbahn scams.

"Pheistychick" Supports Rep. Mark Olson

"Pheistychick" is a self-described "young woman aspiring to become a freelance conservative revolutionist". "Joey" (Pheistychick, I assume) has a post praising crazy Rep. Mark Olson on Pheistyblog:

In my humble opinion, everything that the news media has said about Mark Olson is absolutely and completely distorted. I found him to be a man who is convicted by his values, refusing to succumb to ‘politics as usual’, and a man who has strength like I have never seen.  He is a true public servant, and has come to the realization that if he is going to be in office, he must stand firm for what he believes is the public good, regardless of ay political backlash.

... wouldja believe it? Joey/Pheistychick has a job:

Since I am a Human Resource Manager, I get to go into the schools on occasion and tell the teachers and students what employers are looking for in an employee.

... hmmmm... how about an employee with serious anger management problem who threw a typewriter at a staff worker on one occasion and screamed at staff workers on other occasions and refused anger management counseling?

But then what do expect from a blogger who calls a Gold Star mom like Cindy Sheehan "a prostitute":

Cindy Sheehan thing, in my opinion, is that she is the prostitute for the media and people with anti-war agendas. That isn't right-wing hate speech, that is simply the truth.

... or who links to website called "Minnesotans for Global Warming".

It's sad that there are people like Pheistychick/Joey who would rather whine about not getting presents from her rich parents for her second wedding than show any respect for a Gold Star Mom like Cindy Sheehan or concern for the decline of walleye in Minnesota lakes due to Global Warming.



Ken Avidor blogs about the right-wingers who promote Personal Rapid Transit and other gadgetbahn scams.