THF Tool of the Week

I’m really not into name-calling. After all, such labeling is not only a tool of the simple-minded, but is also the first step in the dehumanization process by which we are able to forgo our ingrained respect for general human decency. By example I point to the administration’s semi-successful push to torture terrorists, combatants, extremists, or prisoners of war as opposed to a similar PR push to shove bamboo shoots under the fingernails of someone’s brother/sister, mother/father, or child. Applying labels allows us the necessary psychological distance with which to commit normally unimaginable acts upon our global neighbors.

That said, I will allow myself this rare foray into the sticks and stones process and present to you a rare edition of THF Tool of the Week [1]:

The November elections are less than two months away and now candidates are gearing up and getting out, spreading their campaign goals. For most candidates putting up campaign signs and handing out brochures outlining who they are and what they stand for is standard, but for one candidate those tactics don't go far enough.

To an Emmett strawberry farmer, who's running for governor this November, his name means everything. "It seems like only a nut would do something like that, but I'm not a nutty kind of person at all," Pro-Life told CBS 2 News.

Meet Pro-Life, yes that's his name, formerly known as Marvin Richardson.

"My wife, she's not into calling me Pro-Life yet," he said.

Uh-huh. Not nutty at all. And Charles Manson had some really good ideas, too.

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