When people say “radical leftists caused my gout” or “fascists gave me arthritis” I think they should stop for a second and consider where lies the proximate cause of their inconvenience, instead of clinging to convenient, if emotionally satisfying, myths.

Your assumptions about my motives are incorrect.

What is the ridiculous effect attributed to "radical leftists" you are responding to that you believe is the same as "caused my gout"?