Patrick and Jessica have both finally come to the conclusion that the racial slur that was used in a comment section of the Texas Hold 'Em site was inappropriate and condemned the use of the term. Patrick states though, that he will not sever the link to this website, which is his right, although it does say a lot about him as a person. Jessica states that the blogger in question was "going through a really tough time when he wrote the comment, so I'm going to consider it an aberration from a man with a very fine mind and a very prolific blog who didn't need to go there or say things like that". It should also be noted that the blogger in question never apologized for the comment he made.
But they couldn't stop while they were on the high ground.
Patrick writes:
He's a good writer who can come up with sharp, on-target commentary without using out-of-bounds insults. It's a shame he used one, giving his foes a lever. May he go on being interesting.
Jessica follows with this:
That being said, who are the liberal blogs to pressure Pat McIlheran to stop linking to people? Where were they when a liberal blogger called me the "C" word? Have they all delinked Illusory Tenant? Have they delinked the stalker blog on me? Who are they to try to get McIlheran fired? They really need to chill out and return their focus to their own blogs. Make the best case they can on the issues. Everyone needs to lay off the namecalling.
That is the kind of stuff that Whallah! was made for.
As for the racial comments being an aberration, and that the blogger in question doesn't use out-of-bound comments, I was able to attain two archived comments from that same blogger, which he posted in comment threads at the now-closed Illusory Tenant's site. Keep in mind that the original racial slur was used in January of 2007.
WARNING: Adult and offensive language to follow.
From June 30th: FUCK YOU YOU COCKSUCKER. I WILL MEET YOU ANY TIME ANYWHERE .... YOU CAN'T MATCH UP WITH ANYONE, YOU SHIT FOR BRAINS PIECE OF SHIT. COME ON ... PLEASE ... FUCK YOU
And from September 11th: FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON ... YOU GODDAMN LEFTIST PIECE OF SHIT TROLL. FUCK OFF ... I'D HUNT YOU DOWN AND BREAK BOTH YOUR LEGS IF I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH THE TIME ... MAYBE YOU ARE
Now that seems to be a bit beyond out-of-bounds and covers a nine month period, which would rule out aberration.
And as for Illusory Tenant's comment, Jessica, that was addressed on this site as well as many other liberal sites. And IT did apologize, both on his site and in many comment threads, which is more than their friend did. Jessica even accepted the apology. Since then IT has closed his site. And if they think that giving people an opportunity to disagree with them, to use satire on them, and to point out their fallacies, fabrications and foibles is stalking or abuse, well, that is their problem, not ours.
But when you have McBride, who got Kevin Barrett fired for expressing his opinion, challenging anyone for asking for McIlheran's firing, or defending someone who regularly uses racial, sexist and threatening words, while forcing another person underground for the use of one word-well, that is the height of hypocrisy.
UPDATE: The mighty Brawler does his own grappling with this issue in this must read post.
Peter has this to say today:
ReplyDeleteMemo to the Idiots on the Hate Left
And that’s every last one of you. Don’t you ever darken the door of this place again. In fact, go to hell. Go straight to hell.
Here’s all I have to say to you.
If I had to say one more thing, it would end with the words “…and the horse you rode in on.”
You succeeded in making me even more defiant of you. I’d suggest the whole lot of you do the world a favor by taking a header off a bridge but I don’t think we could get that lucky.
By the way, this is my place. And I always get the last word here.
Some, long, tedious, incredibly boorish rough time he's going through. When will it ever end?
Yes, the lathering continues. Anyone who criticizes P-Dig is now The Hate Left. Anyone who visits the same web sites as Peter and comments in the same threads is a stalker. And if you don't agree with him, you should kill yourself. "By the way, I don’t retract or apologize for one word I’ve ever written here. Ever. If you don’t like that, the hell with you." Wow, does this apply to critics like Jessica and Paddy?
ReplyDeleteLet's pick a post at random, the top post right now. Inside of 160 words, he calls Hillary "The Hildabeast," the "Pantsuit Queen," "Shrillary," mentions "Clintonistas", calls her "Hitlary", then confuses Hugo Perez and Hugo Chavez. Or maybe he thinks the next president has to deal with Sheboygan's mayor along with Osama. I could care less what he thinks of the Clintons. I don't have much affection for them myself. I think he's baiting, it's so over the top.
Jessica says anyone who criticizes Jessica is a stalker. Jessica blames the left for all this because they "cry wolf" so much, cheapening useful terms like racism and gender discrimination, and because they don't research items as well as they should.
On the other hand, she's content to make posts that start with vague phrases like "Some liberal is apparently demanding that Patrick McIlheran remove Texas Hold Em blog from his blogroll", only linking to Peter's post which also does not grant any favor by linking to the actual post claimed. She doesn't find it necessary to read the comments on the blogs she reads, and thinks that it's not so bad if a blogger said something in a comment as opposed to a post. So Peter is to be excused because he was having a tough time long ago and he only said the naughty bits in a comment. As opposed to Nov. 12, where he comments on his own blog, "Seriously, they can play hide and go f*ck themselves. Anyone who accommodates them needs to grow a pair." (My editing.)