DU Fraudster Blames Conservatives for AZ Shooting, Has History of Posting Violent Fantasies

Of all the utter hypocrisy currently being displayed by many of those on the left over the tragic Arizona shooting, it would be hard to exceed that of the notorious fraudster of the Democratic Underground best known to the outside world as the perpetrator of the 2006 Karl Rove indictment hoax.. William Rivers Pitt of TruthOut, with enormous chip on his shoulder, has climbed up on his DU soap box and self-righteously pointed his finger of blame directly at conservatives. Ironically, although Pitt blames conservatives for supposed political violence that led to the tragedy in Arizona, it is that same man recently chronicled here in NewsBusters for being caught in an act of plagiarism who himself has a history of posting violent fantasies on the Web. Just weeks prior to posting his "THE WRATH OF FOOLS: An Open Letter To the Far Right," Pitt posted these Hateful Days violent fantasies:

There is a great deal of hate in my heart today. . . . The hate is a free-flowing thing, expanding in all directions. . . . Sarah Palin. . . . George H. W. Bush. . . . makes me want to give up on this tepid reporting job and take up firebombing. . . . Yes, I hate, with depth and passion, and have much cause to do so.

This was no fluke on the part of Pitt. Weeks later, on December 27 of last year, his violent fantasy about a possible car injury to George W. Bush was so over the top that the DU moderators had to step in and lock his thread. Here is Pitt posting his disappointment in the very title of his thread over an AP report about a car crashing into the front yard of the former president because it wasn't close enough for his liking:

...so close...

This was too much even for the DU moderators and his thread was locked with this note of concern:

4. Locking

The moderators are concerned about the subject line of this OP and suggest that you repost the story without the implied wishful thinking.

Thanks,

cbayer
DU Moderator

Pitt's history of posting violent threats went to such an extreme that last May he was kicked out of the Democratic Underground for two months for threatening physical violence on a fellow DUer, bobolink, who is a homeless woman. Here is the message from DU Adminstrator EarlG on why Pitt was being removed from Democratic Underground:

Last night Will Pitt repeatedly threatened another member with physical violence. After the moderators deleted those messages he sent the threats again to the member via private message, during which he challenged the member to report his behavior to the moderators, implying that he would not be held accountable for his actions.

We don't enjoy banning people, particularly people who have been here a long time. WilliamPitt left us absolutely no choice in this matter. This is entirely his own fault and responsibility.

Pitt's violent threats against the homeless woman were removed from DU but they were preserved for posterity before deletion by the Conservative Cave. A sampling of Pitt's sick threats against DUer bobolink: