Guilt by geographic location

The concept of guilt by association is nothing new. But this is something I've never seen before:

It has been years since groups such as the Montana Militia, the Posse Comitatus and the Sagebrush Rebels, and individuals such as Terry Nichols and Ted Kaczynski have made us wonder why so many "angry white men" populated our rural regions. Many of us have forgotten the threat once posed by domestic terrorists and instead have turned our attention to foreign terrorists. But we should never forget that in the late 20th century, ultra-Christian, antistatist and white-supremacist groups flourished in the states of the Pacific Northwest - called by many the "Great White Northwest" - the very region that Sarah Palin and her family call home.

I know a lot of people who live near me in this very same Pacific Northwest who would be rather surprised to know that they're white supremacists. Some of them aren't even white!

In the penultimate paragraph the author, Catherine McNicol Stock, writes:

There is no evidence that Palin was ever affiliated with white-supremacist groups during her years in Idaho or at home in Alaska. On the other hand, the beliefs of ultraconservative, evangelical churches like her family's come dangerously close to those of the Christian Identity movement of those years. Likewise, Palin's husband was a member of a political party whose members favored secession for Alaska, suggesting an affiliation with radical antistatism.

Emphasis is mine. Wow, so lack of evidence to the contrary is now evidence. Say, Ms. Stock, there's no evidence that you're someone who supports taking property away from private individuals and giving it to developers so that property tax revenues can be increased. But the city in which you work, New London, Connecticut, has a history of doing exactly that. To paraphrase the final paragraph in your "article," perhaps somewhere on the record you've voiced condemnation for those actions. But it's hard to know where you stand on issues of property rights and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Thus it is high time to review the cultural ideals and models of the radical liberals from New England and find out for sure where you stand.

Hat tip Mike.