July 10, 2006

More on Protein Wisdom : Lefty Blogs Respond

Previously, I noted that the lefty blogs had been oddly silent on Professor Deborah Frisch's bizarre, threatening comments to Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom. My comment, and those of others I've read, merely addressed the lack of comment from the left. I don't care what they might have to say, I just found it interesting that they had nothing to say. Comments like these have been morphed by some lefty bloggers into "demands" for an "apology." I haven't seen or heard anyone ask for, much less demand, an apology on behalf of Deborah Frisch or "the left," nor do I even see how that would be appropriate. That, friends, is what we call a "strawman."

In fairness, I've since come across a number of left-wing blogs addressing Professor Frisch's attacks. First, this nice and very reasonable comment from TalkLeft:

I'm late coming to the story of the psychology professor and Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom, but here's my view: What Deborah Frisch wrote is inexcusable behavior for a blogger of any kind, liberal or conservative. Her comments about Jeff Goldstein's son and wife are indeed unhinged. I cannot imagine any provocation that could justify them.

If you don't like Jeff's writings, don't read them. Or read them and disagree with his arguments.

Here's what Skippy the Bush Kangaroo has to say:

apparently, deb is a blogger who left some particularly nasty comments on jeff goldstein's site degrading his wife and his son. granted, the comments were out of line.

(however, we maintain that unless she actually posted jeff's son's address, a la some of the more vengeful of the hardly-ever-right wing, she didn't do anyhting more than be a total asshole. and believe us, if that was against the law, we'd be on death row.)

It will remain for the less serious like The Heretik too ask stupid questions like why all the righteous guys and gals upset about what some hateful idiot woman named Frisch said about some pompous pedant idiot named Jeff don’t have time to complain about that idiot named Coulter who suggests small time peeps like a Supreme Court justice should be poisoned. Or congressman fragged. Or the New York Times blown up. Or all our traitors media traitors rounded up and hung.

Was this Deborah Frisch person really a threat to anyone? It doesn’t matter; the wingnuts will take a threat wherever they can get it (or manufacture it).

We're truly truly sorry that we put all of you through l'affaire Goldstein and if you are unable to save western civlization before the apocalypse and/or the rapture (whichever comes first) or if the Mexicans take over... we will accept the blame for that too.

Again, our deepest regrets.

So sorry.

So, on behalf of Kos and all liberals everywhere, ever, I would also like to apologize to the delicate flowers in wingnuttia who are howling about yet another no-name liberal who did something dumb.

Grow up, assholes.

This one is particularly fun:

Although we lefties are being slammed for not apologizing for remarks made by someone we never heard of on a blog few of us ever read, Michelle Malkin refuses to express even a flicker of regret for Denice Denton's suicide. Of course, as she says, Malkin didn't kill Denice Denton. We don't know how much of a factor, if any, Malkin's targeting of Denton was in Denton's decision to kill herself. However, we don't know is not the same as no responsibility whatsoever. It's we don't know. Meaning, it may have been a factor.