I want some help figuring out why I keep getting mysterious forwards from a gun club in Atlanta, Georgia. Maybe Faux Noise can figure out what dire conspiracy keeps filling my inbox with the latest evidence of Obama’s secret, evil plan to take away our guns. Via David Neiwart at Crooks & Liars

Teh Evil Plan™

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Funny thing: I was at Netroots Nation last week, but I don’t recall a panel discussion onto help the White House collect a ginormous database of conservatives one email address at a time. In fact, I’ve still got my copy of the events schedule, and try as I might I cannot find the session Ihave missed.

Faux Noise is playing a truly pernicious fear card. I’m not the first to point out that Breitbart and company were not inclined to don their tinfoil hats when Bush was collecting massive amounts of electronic data on Americans and infiltrating anti-war groups, but I’ll point it out anyway — because, once again, what we’re seeing here is psychological projection.

If Faux Noise wants to talk about spying, they could give me a call. While at Netroots Nation, I came across a pair of pasty, black-clad infiltrators with badges reading: “RIGHT ONLINE.” One had theirs turned around, but it didn’t help; they both stuck out like sore thumbs. Observing their movements, it became clear they were checking out the Westin Hotel to see if they could access the event center across the street through the elevated walkway between the buildings. (They couldn’t.)

After a few queries, I learned that Right Online is a conference of conservative bloggers and activists, and has been shadowing the Netroots Nation conference for a long time. Every year, they hold their convention simultaneously in a nearby location.

Disturbing? Yes. There’s a word for this kind of behavior; it’s the word you use for a person who obsesses over your schedule, follows you around, and tries to sneak into your house: STALKER.