The chep-labor conservatives (a new catch=phrase that I'll explain another time) have adopted a new tactic to stifle criticism of them, their policies, and their tactics.
Atrios, and anonymous blogger who can be found at http://atrios.blogspot.com/, has been threated with a lawsuit because he linked to conservative "commentator" Donald Luskin in a post with the headline "Diary of a Stalker". The comments linked to Luskin's site, in which he described attending a book signing for columnist Paul Krugman and "Stalking" him. In Luskin's own words.
The redoutable Don Luskin advised his readers to throw a pie in Krugman's face (assault), questioned Krugman's academic credenials, accused his archivist of a cyber-crime, etc... Maybe I'm confused about who the criminal is here.
Luskin is upset that his tactics are being ridiculed and that he is being ridiculed. So he did what cheap-labor conservative always do with critics: attack them in order to drown out actual debate.
One problem with this is that no one is suing Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulture, or even Don Luskin for purveying their own slanderous, libelous filth, which implies that the lies, half-truths, and baseless accusations they put forh are rarely challenged in public forums.
We need to support the Atrios' of the world, right and left, so we can have honest and open debate of actual issues. To do that we need to silence the idiots like Luskin, or at least make them irrelevant to any discussion.
Posted by Chris at October 30, 2003 10:16 AM