Conservative Bloggers Think Breast Cancer is Funny

[gatorboy]

http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2007/01/jane-as-most-of-you-are-already-aware.html

As most of you are already aware, the lovely and brilliant Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake underwent surgery for breast cancer today and so far, so good. I consider Jane a friend of mine and I'll be the first to admit that I don't cultivate many friends because I'm unnaturally shy and private by nature (no! really!). But Jane is a special case because she's a wonderful person, warm and passionate and funny. I like those qualities in a person.

Several weeks ago we were exchanging emails and she mentioned the recurrence of her cancer, along with a few other details about what was going on in her life. All private matters, not for public discussion. And it was about that time that Gerard Vanderleun ( Editor-in-Chief of Pajamas Media) wrote possibly the only post he will ever be remembered for, an attack on Jane that contained this brilliant quote that I'm sure Vanderleun thought was tres droll:

That's par for the course since Jane's been in a perpetual state of peeve since she caught a dose of BDS and it metastasized into the implants.

Of course it was well known at the time that he wrote that that Jane had written about her bouts with breast cancer previously, but that didn't seem to matter to Vanderleun who, through his editing of critical comments on his blog and failure to apologize, seems to think he's a real hoot. What Vanderleun didn't know at the time was that Jane was going through this all over again, and, as much as I would like to be charitable, I can't imagine that he cares to this day.

[Unperson]

1. Can the cancer metastasize into implants?

Sorry, for my ignorance. That sounds like a horrible thing to have to go through.

[ms liberty]

4. NO - an implant is not human tissue...

and if she's had breast cancer, if she has an implant it is from a mastectomy. Implants are very bad other than for reconstruction because it makes it very hard to read a mammogram.

I say this as a breast cancer survivor (9 years and counting), with an reconstruction implant.

[Unperson]

6. I didn't think so. My mom died from breast cancer.

She had a mastectomy in '81, she got a breast implant and the cancer recurred in '98. Thinking of such a thing made me feel sad all over again for what my mom had to go through. This guy is true scum for saying such things.:mad:

[ms liberty]

8. Yes he is scum...

I'm sorry about your mom, Unperson. Welcome to DU - and love your screen name!

[madrchsod]

2. what does one expect from the founder of....

the vilest site on the internet--"little green footballs"?

[TZ]

3. would he find testicular cancer funny too, I wonder? n/t

[Greeby]

5. He's a right-winger who picks on cancer-stricken women

He has no balls to get cancer in

[TZ]

7. absolutely right..

and very funny!:)

[seabeyond]

9. i remember a right wing talk show host with breast cancer NOT

getting much sympathy here on du... to our shame

[Old and In the Way]

10. TBogg's been on a roll recently.

I try to read him everyday. The guy has these RW blowhards figured out.

[gatorboy]

11. Never read the blog until I was sent a link to this story.

But it's going to be a regular stop now. :)