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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:00 AM

Michelle Malkin plays the victim card

The conservative blogger wants to know why I wrote about threats to Kathy Sierra, and not her. Here's my answer.

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  • Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:11 PM

    You know what they say about monkeys and typewriters . . .

    Once in a while they come up with something coherent, as with Ms. Malkin and her cohorts. I am inclined to agree with her, considering that Salon itself has played host to some apalling hate speech about none other than Ann Coulter. And by hate speech I mean to say "cooz" and "dumb cunt," etc.

    I think it is worth our time and effort to hold men's feet to the fire regarding the violent, frightening things they say under the cover of internet anonymity. I don't want the web to become yet another tool in the patriarch's canon; you know, something that only MEN do that is their secret thing, like baseball and muscle cars.

    But, yes, if that's what we want we have to stick up for Michelle Malkin and Coulter and their RIGHT to spread dumb neo-conservative garbage. Even if we don't with what they say, we can support their rights as women. You know the saying. A rising tide lifts all boats.

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