Comments on: Blogger Ethics Panel

By: Gary Penton

Gary Penton — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:52:47 +0000

Wow, with all this anger I wonder why some don’t pop over to another thread where something of importance might be in discussion. This just bizarreâ€¦ no wonder conservatives avoid BLOGS. Sure, they’re too busy working so that our 20-32 year old children with all the answers can sit in their cubicles and look over their shoulders while they nip at the heels of those that have grown out of that “super cool” stage.

Quiz: Anybody know why FoxNews has equal time for differing views?

Answer: When a liberal view is pitted against a conservative, the true nature of the ridiculous nature is glaring. FoxNews doesn’t attack Liberals as much as they let Liberals embarrass themselves. Watch it for a day without blood soaked eyes. It looks a lot different without the red tint.

By: damnum absque injuria » Weekend Doucheblogging

damnum absque injuria » Weekend Doucheblogging — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:29:31 +0000

[...] Actually, a number of prominent right wing bloggers had heard of her before, as she’s been a career troll for years now. I’ll take Glenn’s word that she never commented on his site, but question the logic of “I’ve never heard of X, therefore, no one has ever heard of X.” left some vile comments on Jeff Goldstein’s blog, a venue which itself is devoted to some of the most vile, deranged and psychosexually disturbed commentary that can be found on the Internet. [...]

By: Independent Opinions » My Girls Have A Shoe Fetish

Independent Opinions » My Girls Have A Shoe Fetish — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:35:50 +0000

[...] UPDATE: I couldn’t write anything on politics this evening. I wrote a couple of posts over on GFAFC and after that I tried to write something about Deb Frisch and Jeff Goldstein. What’s the use? We know those two deserve each other. They’re a perfect match. One made sick comments on the other’s blog, and the other has a reputation of habitually threatening to turkeyslap (an NC-17 term I’m using to describe Goldstein’s narcissistic fixation of his own phallus –read here, here, and here for more details) whomever disagrees with him. [...]

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:38:26 +0000

- So whats the verdict gals and guys? Are we going to play clown to this deranged circus mistress’s manipulations, go with the “right versus left” doggerel, or move on?

By: Sadly, No! » Why Jeff Can’t Read

Sadly, No! » Why Jeff Can’t Read — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:56:03 +0000

[...] Jeffster- please tell us how we “went to bat for her.” Perhaps you were referring to my statement here: [...]

By: Rob G

Rob G — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:14:08 +0000

Various leftwing sites have had these concern trolls (frequenters/fans of Goldstein or Ace of Spades) popping in and making semi-coherent babbling noises about the Frisch Incident.

“Reasoning” with them here is much like trying to reason with them on their home turf; it can’t be done. They are past(e)masters at manufacturing outrage, changing the subject when called out, decrying genuine objections as irrelevant, etc. ad nauseam. In other words, never engaging in discourse except on their own terms. It is really not worth even trying to engage them, other than with a heartfelt “fuck off”.

By: flawedplan

flawedplan — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:24:05 +0000

Deb, is that you up there, talking about your *strategy*? I would like to know more about your *therapeutics*. You demonize Goldstein, that’s understandable, but how do you reconcile that with being a psychologist? You think the liberals are put off, what would you say to the Rogerians about your behavior? Your behavior has been most incongruent with that of a mental health professional.

I don’t know what being a psychologist means to you, but it means something to some of us and this will not stand. The lesson here is that you’ve been sublimating all along and until now getting away with it. I’m sorry you’re taking a beating, but I am glad you are no longer teaching.

By: Shorter Rightwing Arseholes

Shorter Rightwing Arseholes — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:02:15 +0000

Hey Gavin, maybe you should start editing or deleting your reader's comments, so you can be as cool and non-pussy as Goldstein or ConfederateAsshole!

By: Conan

Conan — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:09:27 +0000

Some guy, the difference is we don’t have to engage an exercise in hyperbole to have Ann Coulter wish death on her enemies. That’s her thing. It’s not Al Franken’s thing. See the difference? You have to imagine Franken saying something completely out of character to have him say something that is part and parcel of Coulter’s act.

By: Emboldened » Blog Archive » Crickets & Responding to the Right

Emboldened » Blog Archive » Crickets & Responding to the Right — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:04:14 +0000

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By: vaara

vaara — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:36:18 +0000

I’d like to “Zidane” the whole lot of them.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:05:15 +0000

As an excercise in hyperbole, let’s all imagine the outrage from the right if, say, Al Fraken were to comment that his only regret was that the insurgents didn’t gun down Laura Ingrahm when they had the chance.
Now let’s think on what percentage of them would, upon hearing the arguement that that’s excatly what Coulter did, would say, “well, that’s different.”
And THAT is why, “Go fuck yourself.”

This would have been part of my first post, but it took me twelve hours to think of it.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:45:02 +0000

Here’s a question: Why are these people who “represent the left” always so obscure?

I mean, who’s the first person that comes to mind if I say “Name a right-winger who publically wished for their enemies to be killed”?

For me, and I imagine most of us, the answer is “Ann Coulter”:. Ann Coulter is a published author who appears on news and talk shows frequently to espouse her views.

Meanwhile, who comes to mind if I say, “Name a left-winger who publically wished for their enemies to be killed”?

Um… Pretty much this Frisch woman. Not even the previous pariah, Ward Churchill,.did that.

Most of what goldstein says doesn’t rise to the level of declaring your enemies inhuman and wishing death on people who happen to be kind of near them (Although… what are his views on collatoral damage in the Iraq war?), but they’re vile as heck, and he’s well respected in the conservative blogosphere.

You can’t control who joins your party, but you can control who you link to and whose behavior you approve of.

The jackasses of the left don’t seem to ever get into any positions of respect and fame; the closest we have to a famous asshole is Michael Moore, and he’s not so much on the wishing for his enemies to be beaten to death.

Meanwhile, on the right these folks become famous, sell books, go on TV, and write widely read blogs.

And that’s the point; Goldstein isn’t exactly as bad as this Frisch woman, but he’s still bad, and he has MUCH more influence then she does.

By: deb

deb — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:37:09 +0000

Yikes. If I’d read the cereal box before starting to poke the festering vermin pit, I definitely would have thought twice about slumming or at least, employed a different strategy. I just thought it was your run of the mill rightwingnutcase swamp. Was I wrong.

I think there’s a Fruit Loops/Count Cockula joke lurking somewhere, but I can’t nail it just yet.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:21:10 +0000

I wasn’t going to say anything, but yeah, he does.

By: Sinclair

Sinclair — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:52:21 +0000

Anybody ever notice that Goldstein kinda looks like David Schwimmer in the Count Cockula picture?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:53:45 +0000

And he ends up in blog fights on a pretty frequent basis. Looks to me like he thrives on drama, sexual-rhetoric, over-the-top rhetoric, violent fantasies that involve guns, and name-calling.

Exactly. It’s his auto-neurotic asphyxiation.

By: mikey

mikey — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:43:47 +0000

Mikey is right, but duh. People who canâ€™t understand who and who does not speak â€œforâ€? a party donâ€™t deserve a voice in discussion.

EXACTLY!! It’s nothing but stoopid that we have to even have this discussion. Maybe we’re idiots for participating. But jeez, it does kind of indicate that there’s no hope….

mikey

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:35:27 +0000

Heh. Welcome to right-wing internets, Geoduck.
Mikey is right, but duh. People who can’t understand who and who does not speak “for” a party don’t deserve a voice in discussion.
But the story is not about weither what this chick said was worse, not worse, just as worse, a little bit better, slightly more downcast, then what Cockula has said.
The story is about the Right-sides twirling-off into their latest screachfest about what some unknown said in a comment section of a blog.
Oh noes. How will the Republic survive?
The idea that Kos, Atrios, Al Fraken, whoever, needs to come out an condemn her is insane. The owe no more an apology then O’Reilly does for what some street-corner, be-soap-boxed nut job screemed at me on my lastest venture downtown.

By: mikey

mikey — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:33:50 +0000

That last post wasnâ€™t specifically directed at Mikey. It didnâ€™t occur to me that it might be taken that way, until I saw it appeared directly after Mikeyâ€™s last post.

I didn’t even come close to thinking that. I’ve been called a HOLE lot of things in my life but “wingnut” isn’t likely ever to be one of them. Rock on…

mikey