Rooster in Review: Your brain on right-wing media
The penalty for wishing death upon half the country is a written reprimand, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.
The Rooster reported late Thursday night that Clark County Sheriff’s Lieutenant John Rodgers appeared to have a terminal case of right-wing brain worms.
Rodgers, on his since-deactivated Facebook account, had made several posts about his hatred of “the Democrat Party” and how, when the end of times came, he would make “victims” prove who they voted for and that he wouldn’t render any aid to those who voted “the wrong way.”
These views aren’t out-of-the-ordinary for anyone familiar with American Sheriff’s departments and the types of people they employ. But, while most of our beautiful law enforcement seems to relish in the idea of descending into an outright fascist society, there can still be stiff consequences, like a written reprimand from your boss for gleefully fantasizing about leaving half the country for dead in an apocalyptic scenario.
From Jessica Orazco of The Springfield News-Sun:
A patrol commander for the Clark County Sheriff’s Office was reprimanded for Facebook posts in which he said he would require proof of who a person voted for before providing aid and would not help Democrats.
Lt. John Rodgers, who was hired to the sheriff’s office in 2002, received a written reprimand for his conduct, which Chief Deputy Mike Young said does not represent the views of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
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Rodgers said that he sometimes takes a prescribed sleep aid that can cause him to make “out of character” texts, phone calls or other forms of communication as a side effect.
It’s weird, then, that Lieutenant Rodgers didn’t delete the posts the following day when he was sober of mind. Instead, he kept consuming drugs and posting similar thoughts.
But that’s how it goes in the world of law enforcement. In Rodgers’ defense, he was probably going through psychic damage, considering his boss, Republican Sheriff Deborah K. Burchett, recently endorsed Senator Sherrod Brown in his re-election bid.
But this is another sterling example of what happens when you spend your time consuming dishonest right-wing media that is intent on turning millions of Americans into paranoid shut-ins. You can’t even take sleeping pills without suffering from delusions of killing Democrats!
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I thank God every day that social media didn’t become prominent until I was in college.
The internet has broken my brain in very specific ways, but thankfully not in the way that made me ever think burning down a grocery store for Snapchat clout was a good idea.
From Jennifer Rodriguez of The Kansas City Star:
An Ohio man pleaded guilty to charges after officials said he intentionally set a grocery store on fire with two people inside.
Donald Donatelli, 28, of Batavia pleaded guilty to malicious damage and destruction of a building in interstate commerce, court records show. McClatchy News reached out to Donatelli’s attorney but did not immediately hear back.
Around 10 p.m. Nov. 26, 2023, Donatelli went to a Cincinnati grocery store and threw a Molitov cocktail into the store, according to an Oct. 30 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
“Donatelli approached the front glass doors of the grocery store and had a bottle of gasoline with a rag inside. He lit the rag and threw the bottle inside the front doors while (a woman) filmed a Snapchat video of the crime,” officials said.
I think that’s what kills me most about today’s #youth. In my day, you did crime for the prospect of making money. These days, it seems like they’ll steal your car or burn your house down so that they can brag to their equally broke friends on TikTok or Snapchat.
Seems like a dumb way to go through life!
This week in The Rooster…
It’s been another brisk week at Rooster Worldwide LLC ahead of next week’s big election. Next Tuesday will be the November mailbag, so please plan accordingly!
If you’d like to submit questions ahead of time, you may do so anonymously through my Jotform.
Here’s this week’s work:
Tears of a troll. Andy Brenner remains the worst. The Oracle speaks on Issue 1. And a racist from Youngstown might have cost President Business Deals several swing states.
The squeaky wheel. The political machinations of John O'Grady and Kevin Boyce come at the cost of competency at their day job.
Game respects game. The state funeral of former Speaker Jo Ann Davidson brought an eclectic mix of political perverts to Capitol Square with only days remaining until the Election.
Please remember: It’s YES on ISSUE 1 to ban gerrymandering forever in Ohio!
THOSE WMDs. They’re giving scammers all their money, and their kids can’t stop them… How concerned citizens ran a Neo-Nazi out of Maine… Character amnesia in China… The last Supreme Court chief that haunts today’s right-wing justices… Women over 70 have seen drastic changes in their lives; will America’s female president be another?
Did anyone ask Lieutenant John Rodgers, who should know better about so many things, what would constitute proof of how you voted?
On a similar note, how about those GOP high and mighty saying that husbands can dictate and must be told who their spouse voted for? Otherwise, it's tantamount to adultery? (And one of these hypocrites was an actual adulterer. Talk about sleeping with the enemy.) I'm an independent, but even my wife is free to pick her own clothes, feed herself and use the restroom unsupervised. Imagine the crazy, radical thoughts liberals must have about their spouses.
*Hobgoblin