The Angry Left: Not an Insult, But a Diagnosis

So says Taranto, and I believe him (last item):

And here's some statistical evidence: UC Berkeley recently completed what a press release describes as "the first attempt to compare measures of mental health and general well-being among California's general population on a county-level basis." The study (link in PDF) finds that the two counties with the lowest "mental health scores" are Alameda, which includes Berkeley, and San Francisco, which is coterminous with the city. (See page 30 of the PDF document, which is page 21 of the printed report.)

What else do these counties have in common? They are the California counties where John Kerry did best: 83% of the vote in San Francisco and 75% in Alameda. You don't have to be crazy to oppose President Bush, but it doesn't hurt.

Now, that's just a little fun baiting, of course. But it's preposterous for David Corn and others to maintain that there's a "myth" of the Angry Left. The Left is angry; in fact, it's addled.

Those who got so much mileage out of tossing out the term "Clinton-haters" to demean anyone who opposed Clinton can hardly complain about similarly demeaning terms now.

posted by Ace at 01:19 PM

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