How odd that just after analyzing the claim that Bush voters are physical abusers (with Kerry voters as their victims) I see direct evidence to the contrary: a report of Kerry supporters attacking Bush supporters for allegedly being.... gay!

I am absolutely not making this up.

Tough as it is to do, I'm trying to make sense out of this Drudge item:

The argument began earlier in the day Thursday with a discussion about candidates the minors had supported for president, Backstrom said. The two victims supported President Bush.

"We were sitting in the computer room at school, and there was kind of a political debate," said Chad McKay of Arden Hills. "Some people said only gay people vote for Bush." Chad said the victim said "only gay people would vote for Kerry because he supports gay marriage."

Backstrom said the victims then "called the other guys some names."

Chad said later in the afternoon when he and the victim were walking to their cars they heard their three senior classmates yelling at them, according to the police report.

Chad got to his car, but the three 17-year-olds attacked the victim, he said, hitting him in face, including with a baseball bat and kicking him. One boy had a padlock wrapped around his finger, Chad said.

But then, neither is it true to assert that only gay people supported Kerry. (Nor is it true to say that Kerry supports gay marriage.)

Once again, we see clear abuse of statistics, by people old enough (they're 17) to know better.

I hate to carp about morality, but I think there's a lesson to be learned here.

Sometimes, simple logic is a moral value too!

MORE: Perhaps I've got this all wrong. Maybe the Kerry supporters believed they were the victims of the Bush supporters.... (Mobilizing passions can be so mutable.)