re: #64 Charles Johnson

Just to be really clear about this - people should realize that I was absolutely not a right winger before the 9/11 terror attacks. I was a true-blue Democrat and social liberal in every way before then. The attacks were a huge shock to me, and I was angry. That anger drew a lot of right wingers to the site — because that’s what the right wing is all about. Anger.

It took some years for me to realize these things, but I’m never going back to that angry place.

There have been several studies that show an introduction of fear will push liberals to the right. 9/11 was a huge push.