LOL...the msm can dish it out, but they can’t take it. Vulgar and obscene language are not appropriate, but the reader’s comments to Howell were neither. Because of their rigged polls, liberals actually believe there are no conservatives left who disagree with them and the Dems, so these critical comments come as a shock to them.
I like to read through the comment sections during my lunch break (it’s an approved work website) for laughs. About 95% of comments on article read like they are off dailykos (probably a lot of cross-over). Total cesspool with intimidation of conservative voices. I noticed they disabled comments on editorials probably because of nothing but nasty personal comments on George Will and Krauthammer’s articles. If there’s anyone criticizing the Post on there, its because the Post isn’t left enough for them.
You nailed it.
To put it another way, the columnist would likely say "Online Venom" is from FreeRepublic, while "Virbrant Speech" emanates from dailykos and DU.