tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post1373876477601139060..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Yes. Texas will outlaw abortions if Greg Abbott is elected.PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-87328540689190013982014-10-03T11:18:34.732-05:002014-10-03T11:18:34.732-05:00That's precisely what the author of the excerp...That's precisely what the author of the excerpts, Damon Linker at The Week, said.<br /><br />==========<br /><br />Now, the hanging bit is an almost perfect example of intentionally provocative rhetoric. (That's my preferred euphemism for "trolling.") Note how it adds an extra frisson of outrageousness to the proposal of capital punishment, given the way hanging has historically been deployed — as a uniquely public form of execution, used by governments as well as extrajudicial gangs of private citizens to inspire acute fear and intimidation. (Williamson might have just gone ahead and advocated beheadings, though of course, as another National Review author has recently argued, only a "purely evil" political organization could favor anything like that.)PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-26345383331265592842014-10-03T10:53:00.759-05:002014-10-03T10:53:00.759-05:00Kevin Williamson is a Grade A dick. Has been for y...Kevin Williamson is a Grade A dick. Has been for years. The execution part is trolling. The "by hanging" part is hyper-trolling.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com