Luskin's mouthpiece just sent a letter to Atrios threatening him with all kinds of legal mayhem if he doesn't remove certain posts from his blog, posts which Luskin -- the mentally unbalanced right-wing blogger with a bizarre fetish about Paul Krugman -- finds objectionable.
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And, because it's not fair for Atrios to take the heat for all of us, let me just repeat what I've already said in several earlier posts: Donald Luskin is a stalker -- in the conventional dictionary meaning of one who "follows or observes (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement."
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Or, to paraphrase one of my favorite gladiator movies: I'm Atrios!
No, I'm Atrios!
Special kudos to the conservative bloggers, Instapundit and the Rottweiler in particular, who have come out against this idiocy.
To recap for those unfamiliar with the case: Atrios uses a term for Luskin that he used for himself in a link to one of Gollum Luskin's articles, and some people wrote things in the comments that make Luskin feel bad. So now Luskin is saying Atrios has to take the offending post down, or he'll sue. And subpoena to get his real name.
This isn't about whether Luskin's obsessive, Paul Krugman is right or wrong, or even if Atrios is a bad man or not. Anyone who reads this blog semi-regularly know what answers I would give, but that's not the point. The point is that this is a direct assault on the unprecedented freedom of the blogosphere, and if this ever happens to a conservative blogger I hope I have the guts to say the exact same thing. Today, however, we should all be Atrios.
Pass it on.
(/) Roland X
Hope is a phoenix
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