Ya know, something that I haven't seen touched upon here that people really ought to contemplate.
At least a few of Lakin’s “reasons” for doing what he did were just that, Internet Myths.
From where I sit, those who repeat these myths are morally culpable to at least a small degree when this kind of thing happens.
A person really ought to take responsibility for themselves to have made a reasonable and rational effort to investigate and understand things before they repeat them of make the claim.
Just philosophizing a bit...
Agreed. That's why we started the Sanity Squad, remember? To protect the reputation of conservatives on Free Republic.
Yeah, anybody who spread the myth that the Factcheck COLB is genuine should have checked it out better before they passed along the myth.
Sometimes it’s hard to know the truth. I know that. It takes a lot of time to do an earnest investigation. And it’s hard to know what sources to trust. So there’s bound to be confusion.
That’s why it is so critical that we not have to rely on the internet to document the bona fides of candidates. And that’s what makes so insufferable the HDOH’s refusal to disclose to anyone who asked for it the genuine non-certified COLB as required by Hawaii law. That’s why it stinks so bad that Fukino hid the Administrative Rules which revealed that such a disclosure is authorized to anybody who asks for it.
It’s the lawlessness that has allowed this whole fiasco, and somebody needs to be held legally accountable for it.