[dodger]

Let it be noted for the record that I, Dodger, first used the term 'wing-nut' in on-line reference to liberoids circa April 1998 -- right here on Free Republic!

Liberoids are MOONBATS & WING-NUTS!!!

[icwhatudo]

What a shame the main guy at KOS didn't "Frisch" himself with his comments about the dead Americans hanging from that bridge.

[borkrules]

I regularly read Goldstein's blog (you should too) and occasionaly comment there.

I watched this nut lose her shite in real time, and let me tell you, what a show.

[Jameison]

"First, there was the non-apologetic apology that amounted to a denial of wrongdoing. Frisch denied that her Jon Benet comments were threatening; they were merely a 'sick joke'. She also denied making a graphic sexual suggestion regarding the 2-year-old, claiming the post was changed and attributed to her.

Fortunately, Goldstein publicly documented the post as well as information identifying Frisch as its source: her IP address.

Then Frisch played the victim card. "Some blogs have posted comments that I perceive to be physically threatening. I have contacted the FBI…" Criticizing Frisch is a definite crowd-pleaser on conservative blogs where the practice is called 'shooting Frisch in a barrel'. But it is not credible to complain of being treated in the same manner you treat others."

Dang!
Typical loony left POS vermin.
They are so predictable, such liars, so despicable, and so full of vile and rabid hate, it just boggles the mind.

[finnman69]

what's great about it? She's a raving kook moonbat and threatened his children.

[Tzimisce]

Interesting.

[Incorrigible]

Bump

[NutCrackerBoy]

I find the piece less than compelling.

The framing context promises to be insightful about how blog wars reveal the raw emotion where ideology meets ideology. But McElroy spends most of the column reporting many details about the altercation between Frish and Goldstein. The reporting seems good, but the history of exchange between these two seems not very important to me. Then even the framing context doesn't deliver a big payoff.

[backhoe]

Well, shoot fire... I psuedoblogged this little stink in real time-- last ( hopefully! ) entry here- scroll back for the whole screwball affair:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219250/posts?page=366#366

It all began here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219250/posts?page=346#346

[SkyPilot]

Then Frisch played the victim card. "Some blogs have posted comments that I perceive to be physically threatening. I have contacted the FBI…" Criticizing Frisch is a definite crowd-pleaser on conservative blogs where the practice is called 'shooting Frisch in a barrel'. But it is not credible to complain of being treated in the same manner you treat others.

Next, Frisch tried to elevate the incident into political significance, sending readers of her blog to a newspaper article in which her case was discussed as part of the larger issue of the public nature of private Internet activity. "For those interested in…the larger issues raised by the Goldstein incident (e.g., censorship, self-censorship, academic freedom, freedom of speech, blogging & professoring, etc.), here's a link to an article by Josh Brodesky in today's Arizona Daily Star." [punctuation corrected]

Finally, she converted the entire matter into a left-against-right struggle thus removing personal responsibility. "It is unbelievable that a comment saying I would not care if harm came to your child is such a crime to the rightwingnuts when they've been happy as clams to send American dupes to murder, maim, rape and torture…Iraqi children for four years."

She wasn't much of a "professor" either.

Rate My Professors Dot Com

Deborah Frisch University of Arizona
City: Tucson, AZ
Department: Psychology
Deborah Frisch's Scorecard
No. of Ratings: 7
Average Easiness: 2.7
Average Helpfulness: 2.3
Average Clarity: 2.0
Hotness Total: 0
Overall Quality: 2.1

"If you go to class and study the practice exams shes posts on the course website you will pass with flying colors. SHe give you up to 20 points extra on YOUR TOTAL POINTS just for coming to class qhich almost gaurantee's you to pass. Just go to class and you will get at least a B."

[Quix]

WOW.

I hadn't been paying attention to this drama.

What an idiot--Frish.

Sounds like she's another citizen of the Republic more fittingly home in Cuba, Siberia, Pol Pot's Cambodia . . .