Comments on: Briefly Noted

By: A Flock of Siegels, or, Don’t Cross The Streams at Blog P.I. (beta)

A Flock of Siegels, or, Don’t Cross The Streams at Blog P.I. (beta) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:16:56 +0000

[...] Another interesting aspect is just how muted the swarm has been. Possible reasons include the fact that Siegel did himself in, as well as the possibility that Greenwald’s allies are unwilling to make themselves hypocrites. A typical half-hearted criticism comes from Gavin M. at Sadly, No!: [S]ock-puppetry is bad and embarrassing, but on the scale of human folly, it must rate somewhere near swiping parking spots or soaping postage stamps — a meniality for which oneâ€™s own conscience ought to be the thing most permanently troubled. [...]

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:07:53 +0000

bet heâ€™s got hairy toes too.

[weeps silently in the corner]

By: jurassicpork

jurassicpork — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:16:18 +0000

Yeah, it’s penny ante shit but would I be wasting my time if I made him one of my assclowns of the week?

By: Pinko Punko

Pinko Punko — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:46:29 +0000

I really think it is not the sockery, but the fact that he hates his readers so much. That’s disdain you can bottle and sell.

By: GoatBoy

GoatBoy — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:38:42 +0000

Siegel implied that a prominent academic expert on pedophilia was a pedophile.

Yeah, anybody who’s actually taken the time to, you know, actually read Erotic Innocence would have a really hard time making that case with a straight face. Hint: your hysteria in making the accusation is in part what the damn book is about.

Hilariously clueless.

By: Gentlewoman

Gentlewoman — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:57:44 +0000

The sock puppeting is just a convenient excuse, it seems. Siegel implied that a prominent academic expert on pedophilia was a pedophile. Dunno how much that’s gonna cost in Singer bux, but I’ll bet it’s a lot.

Boy, this TNR meltdown is really accelerating, isn’t it? Wonder if they’ll ever cop to the whole making up emails thing. Nah, prolly not. Overlord Kos must be laughing his ass off. I know I am.

By: Kansas Anarchist

Kansas Anarchist — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:10:22 +0000

Am I the only one who envisions Lee Siegel ending his days in a large, ramshackle house, decked out in an ornate turban and robe and reviewing his own articles all day?

By: Sadly, No! » Siegel Aid

Sadly, No! » Siegel Aid — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:58:38 +0000

[...] Hi, I’m H.E. Pennypacker. I’m a wealthy American industrialist uh, looking to open a silver mine in the mountains of Peru. « Briefly Noted Bless their hearts » Sep2 [...]

By: Cory Trevor

Cory Trevor — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:20:58 +0000

GoatBoy is by far and hands down the most erudite, charming and whipcrack-smart raconteur in all of blogfascistan! Any posting below who might chance to disagree are clearly envious of his lustrous head of hair and rugged, manly musk. Also he has developed a cure for vitiligo and can make it rain whenever he wants it to.

By: Jeffrey Kramer

Jeffrey Kramer — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:56:26 +0000

Those samples from BarretBrown and Scott Lemieux (over at “LG&M”) were some scary stuff. Lee Siegel rhapsodizes over the greatness of Lee Siegel with the kind of devotion that hasn’t been seen since Franz Liebkind stood up for Hitler. “Lee Siegel is smarter than Ezra Klein! Lee Siegel is braver than Ezra Klein! Lee Siegel is a better painter than Ezra Klein! He can paint an entire apartment in one afternoon: TWO coats!”

By: fabbo

fabbo — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:52:42 +0000

He’ll be back. The testicles make millions of sprezzatura every day.

By: ¡El Gato Negro!

¡El Gato Negro! — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:40:57 +0000

This word:

sprezzatura

By: D. Sidhe

D. Sidhe — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:13:05 +0000

Leave Siegel alone! etc.

Okay, that was funny.

By: owlbear1

owlbear1 — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:10:34 +0000

bet he’s got hairy toes too.

By: sprezzatura

sprezzatura — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:50:42 +0000

Leave Siegel alone! There are few writers out there with his passion, his drive and skills. Few men could write like he writes, bake brownies, be the MOST POWER literary figure of this or the last century (Perhaps in all of recored history!
) or be the secret longing of Uma Thurman!

You are all jealous of his mad writing skills!

You blogonazi make me SICK!

By: deth

deth — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:49:37 +0000

Put the address your sending to in the return, your address in the sender, then don’t put a stamp on it!

By: Gavin M.

Gavin M. — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:37:53 +0000

Oh, whoever you’re writing to just washes the soap off and the cancellation goes with it. They soap the stamp again and use it to write you back, and so on ad infinitum.

By: Miss Emily

Miss Emily — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:28:57 +0000

I tried to care; I really did. But sock-puppetry is so very silly; plus I got distracted by the soaping postage stamps thing. Why would you do that?

By: BarrettBrown

BarrettBrown — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:26:50 +0000

He has the fire and guts of a young man! He has fire in his belly! But it will take more than belly fire to be another Barishnikov!

By: The Poor Man Institute » Free Lee Siegel!

The Poor Man Institute » Free Lee Siegel! — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:25:55 +0000

[...] I agree with Gavin that sock-puppetry – even of this exceptionally wankerish variety – is a really lame thing to bust somebody over. But, in the spirit of TNR’s new-found commitment to 100% authenticity in electronic communication, can we expect some action on Jason Zengerle’s made-up emails? Was his top-secret source named “sprezzatura”, by any chance? [...]