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Boalt's Very Own Stalinist

Do not be fooled by the pleasant demeanor, pressed shirts, dapper necktie, or stylish shoes of my friend and co-3L Jonathan Singer.¹ The National Review has just confirmed what those of you who saw Jonathan's mustache over the winter break already suspected -- the guy is a Stalinist.

Stalinism is no laughing matter. Stalinism is the theory and practice of communism practiced by Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1928?1953. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, via Wikipedia, via my iPhone, "Stalinism is associated with a regime of terror and totalitarian rule." That's right. Terror and totalitarian rule.

The most important thing to take away from all of this is NOT the untenable conclusion that an idle 3L with a laptop and a blog has gotten thoroughly under the skin of Ed Whelan whose resume includes the OLC, SCOTUS clerk, and counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Don't be tricked into thinking that a conservative big-wig is being publicly infuriated by snide, 20-something bachelor 3L who has yet to finish his writing requirement. No, dear reader, the important thing to take from this is that Goodwin Liu should not be confirmed because Boalt 3L Jonathan Singer believes in the use of secret police, propaganda, and bureaucratic central planning of the economy.

Thank god for the blogosphere.

[Cue Glenn Beck style weeping for America . . .]

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¹ For the record, the Stalinist pre-approved the use of his full name in this post.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).