Letters to the Editor
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I'm with drinkwater
I've seen some pretty vile things about conservatives and right-wingers posted right here on the Salon letters page. I don't see why it's any worse when it's directed at a tech blogger than at Michelle Malkin. Yes, she does court attention and is often provocative. But many of the comments directed at her and Coulter have to do with their bodies or their status as women (or in Malkin's case, her ethnicity) rather than their political views.
And personally, I thought Malkin made a good point on her blog on how to cope with internet threats. She writes:
"Here's a review of my "code of conduct" on how to cope with Internet threats: 1) Report the serious threats to law enforcement. 2) Keep blogging."
That sounds reasonable to me. It doesn't sound like someone playing the victim card either.