Bill Sparkman's Death Ruled A Suicide

Bill Sparkman, the census worker whose dead body was found tied to a tree with the word "Fed" scrawled on it, apparently staged his suicide to appear like a murder, according to the authorities. As one of the people who believed Sparkman to be murdered, and believed it to be the end result of the anti-government sentiment whipped up by Michele Bachman et al, it's worth saying that in this case, I was wrong about that and rushed to judgement.  I still think the anti-government sentiment of the Tea Baggers is dangerous, particularly when mixed with the rather toxic racism that the Republican party likes to stir up and then (im)plausibly deny.  But neither of these factors contributed to Sparkman's death and thus my posts referring to him were in error.

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[john hander]

you're an idiot.