He's reacting to Malkin's blog post, as well as her syndicated column. Malkin was saying she was getting hate mail asking or accusing her of being on the take like Armstrong Williams.So, Michelle Malkin gets hate mail. What's the big deal?
Really.
What makes her special?
Putting this off on Armstrong Williams is low.
Real low.
She's whining. She's playing victocrat/victim/victimology.
The email is foul, but still...
I have to agree with Vision Circle. Malkin isn't dumb. She knows how the pundit game goes. Anyone that gives political opinions are sure to expect some to like you and others to hate you. And yes, the criticism that comes from your opinions do not have limits and will include every blow-below-the-belt you could think of. While such statements are unwarranted and are disgraceful, it should be expected.
I gave up on the idea long ago that every person in the world is civilized enough to have a civil discusssion. As time has gone by, insults and spiteful comments are the norm within society and the politicial spectrum rather than the latter. I'm sure plenty of people wish there was another way, but that's simply how it is.
Thus it really makes no sense for Malkin to attempt to make a connection between her hate mail and Williams, since 1. she was receiving hate mail before all of this went down, and 2. the ones that wrote her after the Williams incident to rant about being on the take probably didn't like her before the incident and still wouldn't even if the scandal never happened.
When I engage in political discussions on message boards on the internet with leftists, I expect to be called everything but a child of God, and true to form, I have been. Uncle Tom, nigger, porch monkey, Bush jockrider, fascist, bootlicker, etc....and these are some of the nicer terms. At first, it irked me, because they didn't know me or my background and they ignorantly assumed that to be conservative means to turn your back on black people and to want to be white.
Eventually, you realize that they have no basis in order to make these assusations and insults, and I have a choice in how to respond: ignore them or expose them for the fools they are. Sooner or later they'll either get tired of the silence or the bombs dropping over their heads and they'll retreat back into the cracks in the walls. Standing around complaining about racial slurs being hurled at you only makes you appear weak and allows the ones who throw them to get some comfort in making you uncomfortable.
Regardless, Williams isn't the reason why Malkin will get more hate mail these days, and even if she gets more, so what? Suck it up, get over it and continue to do what you've been doing.
