Blumrich threatened by RW blogger for Kucinich ad

[Sapphocrat]

"Here's a hint to you, Eric, and we're only trying to help here: The gov't can't do anything to you over that ad, but that's the extent of your protection under the First Amendment.

The rest of the population, however, aren't the gov't, in case you've forgotten, and quite a few people out there might be more than happy to wipe that nervous little grin off your traitorous mug - with a belt sander. You've pissed them off - bad, and for a very good reason. Abusing somebody else's death for personal gain isn't likely to garner you many friends.

We'd be damn careful about showing our face in public if we were you. You just never know who that perfect stranger behind you in that alleyway might be. Could be a sibling or other relative of one of the fallen soldiers that you just took a dump on the grave of, and G-d only knows what might happen then.

Eric may not be famous enough to be a pick for the 2004 Dead Pool, but there's another signed Imperial Mug for the first LC to inform me that Eric Blumrich has died in a "tragic" accident.

Accidents DO happen, you know, and that's the kind of news that would definitely make my entire day."

Blogged here:

http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/2003/12/12.html#a543

Just follow the links from blog to blog to blog, until you wind up at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler (the RW blog in question) -- if you can stomach it, that is.

[La_Serpiente]

1. This is going to turn into the sixties again

[Sapphocrat]

6. Or the 1860s, LS...

You know, I normally don't waste my time on RWer blogs, as most are just so much warmed-over Michael-Savagery, taken to the nth degree... but when I do hold my nose and dive in, I'm more convinced than ever about the potential for another U.S. Civil War. I dread the thought (partly because it sounds so paranoid), but stepping away from the comparatively sheltered world of DU long enough to really read what the warring RW bloggers are saying convinces me we're (or rather, they are) long past the point of mere "polarization."

Scary.

[Sliverofhope]

2. it's amazing so many

have fallen so hard for the Iraq war that they'd be willing to threaten over it.

[buycitgo]

3. correct me if I'm wrong, please, but isn't such an item prosecutable......

under the Patriot Act?

isn't everything?

that said, why no link to one of the very best sites on the web?

he's on my quickstart bar:


http://www.ericblumrich.com/index.html

discussing that very story, too.

my favorite of his many many excellent flash videos

http://bushflash.com/ihr.html

playing it right now.....

sing along, everybody!

email him some support......I've back and forthed with him a bit.

[Sapphocrat]

4. Didn't mean to diss Eric's site...

I just find it more of an... adventure to wend one's way through the maze of blogs (Eric's is included) discussing the issue, until you wind up at the offender's horrifying site.

When you get to the end (the Rottweiler site), do be sure to click the Comments link(s) for even more amazing "viewpoints." It's quite an insight into their mindset (for lack of a better word). And, in answer to your question, I haven't seen anyone bring up the Patriot Act yet, but the comments section is where you're find a lot of discussion about the extent of one's First Amendment rights (including the consequences of yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre).

Now you know where the freepers hang out after exhausting every thread on both FR and DU.

[dani]

5. pretty sick

I can't access BlogSpot right now (the whole thing seems to be down temporarily) but when I do I'm gonna report "Nice Doggie" or whoever it is to the BlogSpot admins. Most likely those type of veiled threats are a violation of their TOS.

[buycitgo]

7. veiled?

most diaphonous of veils

seems one can't get much more direct than "Eric may not be famous enough to be a pick for the 2004 Dead Pool.....Eric Blumrich has died in a "tragic" accident."

so here's the first line of that video I linked:

"they stand for greed that's unrestrained by shame or pity....."