Intent Behind WaPo ‘Patriots’ Piece Masked But Still Discernible

“Dangerous, delusional
and sometimes violent”?

Perhaps it would have been relevant to let the readers know Seidman brings his own biases to the table, having penned an op-ed for The New York Times where he urges “Let’s give up on the Constitution,” and where he makes his contempt for “a group of white propertied men who have been dead for two centuries [and] knew nothing of our present situation” clear.

Funny, we don’t see anyone referring to that subversive proposal as “anti-government,” and we don’t see Seidman presented as an “extremist.” [More]

Depending on how you present things and what you leave out, you don't need to appear overtly hostile to stick the knife in and give it a twist.