Obama's Socialism in America

Our braindead communists over at The Swash Zone have outdone themselves (surprising, I know, given the depth of depravity over there): "Socialism in America, or Much Ado about Nothing."

Well, as you can see, some good folks have news for the Capt. Fogg, David Hillman, and their demon's henchmen:

Photo c/o Left Coast Rebel.

RELATED: From last week's NYT poll, 52% of Americans think Obama's "moving the country more toward socialism."

Comrade Repsac3: Racist Commissar of State Security, People's Commissariat for Internet Affairs?

Folks might recall Comrade Repsac3, Commissar of State Security, People's Commissariat for Internet Affairs.

Now, I saw this coming some time back, but didn't say anything because I thought it minor: Turns out Comrade Repsac3's been attacking me as "Halfrican-African." I guess Rush Limbaugh used the term to attack President Obama. But it's a term I don't endorse and have never used at this blog (although I like Rush, and I don't think he's a bigot).

That said, if "Halfrican-American" is really racist, why is Repsac3 trying to smear me with it? I thought progressives were all about decency and tolerance? I guess not. Basically, Comrade Repsac3 thinks that it's somehow okay to attack me as "Halfrican" while at the same time suggesting it's a base, vulgar term. And note that Repsac3, in this context, is not being snarky: According to leftist logic, he's attacking my ethnic identity, and this out of spite and hatred, spewed under the cover of a collateral Limbaugh smear. Now that's disgusting. And for what? I don't ideologically identify as black, unlike some bloggers, such as Ta-Nehisi Coates (whose entire schtick constitutes black-self-loathing socialism).

But that's not all: I've known this about Comrade Repsac3 for some time, but because I'm not one to flinch from the attacks and smears -- capitulating to the left's totalitarianism -- he's become a deranged stalker who hosts a blog just to demonize me and who cruises the entire Internet to attack me in various comment threads.

When Patrick at Political Byline responded to me a month or so ago, Comrade Repsac3 followed Patrick over there to spray his bile:

Anyone who’s spent time at AmPow knows what I think of Douglas’ politics… …but even putting that aside, he’s kind of a douchebag, as your post here so aptly shows. He has no understanding of sarcasm, and has yet to learn that he is not the center of the universe. He gets kinda cranky when someone doesn’t see things his way, and all too frequently lashes out, just like he did to you…

When it comes right down to it, I feel sorry for him...

And this morning the Comrade left this filthy comment at my blog:

Leaving all the ego and personal vitriol of post and comment aside, I wonder whether the folks who believe that Dr. Douglas cannot speak or act in racist or bigoted ways because of his heritage also feel the same about "full blood" minorities (Jesse Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan), or even others of mixed heritage, such as President Obama...

And even if one does believe that no black man or a "halfrican" (thanks, Rush) can be a bigot toward other black folks, what is it that prevents such a man from behaving as a bigot toward hispanics, Muslims, Christians, gay folks, Jews, or women?

Dr Douglas may or may not actually be a bigot--folks can read his words, and decide for themselves--but the argument that he can't be, because he himself has minority blood--whether made by him, or by those who would defend him--doesn't hold water, at least as far as I'm concerned...

See that? Attacking me as "Halfrican" while simultaneously attacking my alleged "bigotry." Orwell would be proud.

But there's more at TNLib's hate-master site, where Comrade Repsac3 hijacked the thread to issue a long screed alleging how awful I am compared to "good" conservatives:

@LOT:

Perhaps I shouldn't bring this up, but I'm surprised you didn't speak up in defense of our evil, hateful, jihadi, "seething toxic dump of leftist hatred," tnlib over at Don's place...

While you didn't exactly toss tnlib under Don's bus, it might've been nice had you made it more clear that those sites with the name-calling and vitriol didn't include Parsley's Pics, in your opinion...

I'm sorry if you think this query rude, but after reading your generally reasonable replies on sites like this one-- Douglas labeled "hate site" The Swash Zone and Truth101's place come to mind, immediately--I've taken to wondering how you walk that fine line between Donald Douglas considering you a blog buddy and he and his thinking you an evil nihilist collaborator for actually treating folks with whom you disagree with common decency and respect.

While I disagree with your politics, I for the most part think you a fine fellow, but I do kinda wish you'd speak your mind more clearly when Donald engages in these attacks on the individuals and blogs you visit pretty regularly, whether in agreement with him or otherwise...

(Two bits well spent, after waiting entirely too long... Unless there's a comment in need of reply, that itch is scratched, and I'll say no more on the subject...)

I could go around all day and find posts that Comrade Repsac3's hijacked for nothing more than the smears. I don't read the comments at Right Wing News, where I'm a guest blogger, but the Comrade goes to town over there as well, for some damned reason, another example of the hated.

And that's not even mentioning American Nihilist, Comrade Repsac3's own blog, where representative entries are entitled, "Why Donald Douglas is a Scumbag."

This is what these people do: They use race as a cudgel to harass constitutionalists and traditionalists as "God-bagging racist homophobic Nazis." Meanwhile, out of the other side of their mouths, they mount the most vicious sexist, racist attacks of their own -- and the media gives them cover. It's an upside down world. So, I called out the Comrade at my post this morning (with corrections in bold italics):

Repsac3: You can quit with the racist allegations. First, nothing Swash Zone alleges is true, so forget that. And what I've written on my own blog is politically incorrect, but in no way bigoted.

As you know damned well, I love all people of all colors, races, religions, etc. I attack people on ideological grounds.

Finally, to keep attacking me as "Halfrican" IS racist. Show me where I've endorsed Rush Limbaugh's use of "Halfrican," or where I've ever attacked Obama as "Halfrican."

In sum, the bigotry is found in your desperation to get the goods on me. And you and your SWASH ZONE hordes are all about hate, as I've shown in this post on TNLib.

This is not really something I would have written about today, but considering all the recent manufactured smears against conservatives as "racists," this one needs to be put to bed.

See also, Blazing Cat Fur, "When It Comes To Hate-Speech And Violence, Liberals Rule":

"In the past 11 years of writing op-ed columns from a conservative pro-life perspective, I've received mail that is so vile that when I submitted some to a magazine relating my experiences after criticizing jihadists, I was told it was too strong for their readers. I've been called a bigot, a homophobe, and every obscene female name in the vernacular. Someone even set up a Face Book page branding me a bigot." ...

[Violence toward outspoken conservatives by liberal thugs is much more common but not widely publicized. Why was Sarah Palin's church in Wasilla, Alaska, set on fire with a church group still inside? Republican Gov. Rick Perry saw the Texas state mansion firebombed and destroyed in June 2008. Californians who were for Proposition 8 were viciously targeted for assault by militant gay rights advocates. One man in Modesto Calif., Jose Nunez, 37, was brutally assaulted outside his church where he was passing out "Vote Yes on Prop 8" stickers.]

...

Same same everywhere...

*******

P.S. According to my Sitemeter, someone at Zoner's Scratchpad's written an entry called "DD's Magic Wand," with an April date. As you can see, it's gated. Lord knows what's being said about me at that place.

It's hard out there!

Man it seems like I'm duckin dodgin bullets everyday
Niggaz hatin on me cause I got, hoes on the tray
But I gotta stay paid, gotta stay above water
Couldn't keep up with my hoes, that's when shit got harder ...

TNLib at The Swash Zone: Prototypical Leftist Hatemonger

Readers will recall that The Swash Zone's a hate site. The proprietor, genuinely evil, has waged a personal jihad against this blog, which culminated recently in an unsuccessful campaign of workplace harassment and intimidation. It's a group blog and one of those who writes there is TNLib, which is a pseudonym for a woman out of Nashville, Tennessee.

Anyway, TNLib's left a comment at JBW's amateurism of the day (to which I responded earlier):

As you know, I share your revulsion to people like DD. I don't visit his blog - not only because he's an ignorant vicious prick but because of his commenters who are just as vile.

I have several conservatives on my blog - not because I agree with them but because they themselves write what they perceive to be well-reasoned arguments and they do so civilly. They do not rant the SOS, they are quite civil and do not make personal attacks or use racial slurs.

I visit their blogs, read their posts but never leave a comment. It is their followers who are less than human. I don't look upon these dog fights as sport and I guess there are more rewarding places to be.

People like DD are a waste of my time and energy. It's like walking into a biker joint where the beer drinkers are course, mean and where their brains are fried from too much beer and drugs. These people can not be reasoned with.

I believe in academic freedom but I can only imagine what kind of professor he is.

I can be a vicious prick (especially when deflecting neo-communist nimrods such as this), so I'll give her that. But ignorant? Not so much. Like libel blogger David Hillman, TNLib's a seething toxic dump of leftist hatred. And note that part about "can not be reasoned with." Actually, that should probably read, "he's too sharp for me to win a debate, so I'll just demonize him as a vicious prick and avoid his blog like the plague."

Folks like this aren't good people. That comment above pretty much constitutes hate mail, only let's say it was published at a screaming communist message board.

And that's the first time I've seen the "what kind of professor dig" in a while, although I'll confess: I'm a good one.

RELATED: "You're a Professor, Really?"

Captain Fogg Just Can't Go Long!

You know how it is with bullying blowhards.

They talk a real tough talk, but when it's time to walk the walk they go limp. And so it is with Captain Fogg of the Swash Zone (pictured below). This guy started throwing his weight around in my comments, spewing lies about how conservatives block his responses in comment moderation:

It's probably a shame that none of his readers will ever see what I actually wrote to the Donald, nut only the patched together redaction wrapped around a bundle of straw with a target painted on it. He and his cohorts who scream about censorship all use comment moderation and nothing I've written to them, no matter how rational or sincere an attempt at communication ever see the light of day until it's been gutted, skinned and had horns grafted on to the carcass.

Well, I administered the most devastating smackdown seen around these parts in some time -- and that's saying something, considering how many leftists I've hammered for their libelous smears. Anyway, see my post on Old Foggy: "Leftists Are Liars, and I'll Show You..."

But being such a big pussy, the despicable Captain never did take responsibility for spreading his effluence. No sir. Instead, he slinked back over to his yellow-bellied home turf at Swash Zone to do some more trash-talking. Here's the Captain last Monday:

Ah - he's just another chancre on the big, ugly ass of American reactionary politics. He hopes that if he's ugly enough himself, people will mistake him for the ass itself. They won't, the big ass lives in Palm Beach, this guy is nobody.

Responding to him is pointless. The more sincere and obviously correct you are, the more straw he has to burn but if he thinks I'm intimidated, or threatened or impressed, he's crazier than I thought. He needs that job and any actual attempt to slander or god forbid,physically intimidate me would be the end of his miserable and tawdry career.

My only regret is that if it hadn't been for the recession, I might have been able to buy Long Beach Community college and shut it down, letting him look for employment with a resume' sticky with all the things he's said. We can be sure no legitimate school would hire him.

And here's another comment later that afternoon:

In consideration of the accusations he's made against us, it seems unseemly and preposterous to defend the man's "rights." Did he take a moments care to prevent his libelous accusations from doing me any harm? No, he hides behind and abuses some archaic academic bulwark to avoid responsibility. Tenure is not license to libel and that's what he does. This goes far beyond expressing an opinion by inflaming people to foment armed insurrection.

We owe him nothing and humanity is far better off without his stench.

Whoo boy yessiree! Ain't that a tantrum!

Mean too. For a radical leftist, that's not so compassionate, wanting to shut down an entire community college just to spite one little old neoconservative! Obviously, all that trashing clouds the thinking processes. Shoot, no doubt Old Captain's suffering from quite a few physiological breakdowns altogether! I suspect the big blowhard is compensating for other inefficiencies and insecurities -- yep, that's right: Captain Foggy can't go long!

So, I'm imploring the Old Captain to think carefully about Coach Jimmy Johnson's sales pitch up top: That's right. Fogg should call the good folks over at ExtenZe® at 800-298-3171. They'll help him get back on track with increased power, pleasure and performance.

And the sooner the better, really. I'd rather not have to embarrass the guy too much more. Besides, I want him to be happy -- "All You Need is Love!"

So, don't delay, Fogg. Operators are waiting!

Is Andrew Breitbart Breaking Down?

Did you see this?

Joan Walsh, who previously slurred tea party patriots as "traitors," attacked Andrew Breitbart at CPAC as unhinged, arguing that his brutal take down of the Salon sleazebags "doesn't get the work done."

Oh, but it does, Joan. Which is why Max Blumenthal is now reduced to making new allegations against "racist black front groups."

In any case, Founding Bloggers repsponds, "(EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) Did Andrew Breitbart “Breakdown” At CPAC?":

Apparently, Salon.com doesn’t think that anger and outrage are normal reactions for a human being to have in response to being falsely smeared and branded a racist.

Salon.com sees the videos of an angry Andrew Breitbart as not much more than an opportunity to ridicule someone with whom they disagree.

By using these videos in this particular way, Salon reveals that it considers the righteous indignation of a man falsely accused to be funny. A real knee-slapper.

That’s very revealing because the videos that the folks at Salon.com are promoting clearly demonstrate why Breitbart is so furious. He explains it to their cameras repeatedly. Perhaps the editors at Salon.com are too politically tone deaf to hear the message.

See also, Big Journalism, "How the World Works: Max Blumenthal and His Vicious Alinsky Tactics."

RELATED: "Libel Blogger David Hillman (Swash Zone) Workplace Harassment Fail."

Dallas Tea Party Calls Out Keith Olbermann!

This is truly gold!

Via Washington Rebel, here's this from the Dallas Tea Party: "Dallas Tea Party Invites White People From MSNBC":

We're definitely reaching a turning point in combating the left's incessant "racist" allegations.

Man, that's some down home jive, yo!

RELATED: "Libel Blogger David Hillman (Swash Zone) Workplace Harassment Fail."

Jay-Z's Jim Crow Segregation?

I recently posted Jay-Z's interview at Interview. My oldest boy likes his music, and Jay-Z seems like a savvy businessman. But he's not coming up rosy this week. See The Blog Prof's report, "Real racism: Rapper Jay-Z Bans White People From Nightclub Bash":

As you read this, imagine the outrage from the left if the exact opposite had been done - a white superstar denying entry of black people to his bash. It would have been tar and feather time in the MSM. As it is, not so much. From Jam Canoe: Jay-Z bash ignites race controversy

Rapper Jay-Z has been caught up in a race scandal following allegations security at his BRIT Awards afterparty on Tuesday banned white people from entering the VIP area.

The 99 Problems superstar threw a lavish bash at Merah nightclub in London following his Best International Male Solo win at the ceremony.

But the night descended into chaos after fights broke out amid people scrambling to get close to the star.

And the atmosphere turned even nastier after security personnel working on the doors of the VIP room allegedly refused to allow any white people into the area, while letting black partygoers straight through, according to Britain's Daily Star newspaper.

Hmm. There's more:

In London this week for the British Music Awards, Jay Z won the Brit for Best International Male, then hosted a lavish after party attended by every big name you can think of. As long as you can’t think of any white ones. One guest told the Daily Star…

"Jay-Zis a megastar and yet it was clear white people were not welcome in his VIP area.

While the red rope was lifted for black guests to breeze through, let’s just say it stayed down if your face didn’t fit.

And that included me, despite clearly being a guest of the double-BRIT winners JLS.

I have never felt so intimidated. It left me feeling like a mauled dog."

This part, however, is extremely important…

Jay-Z was completely unaware of the situation after having a custom-built table laid on for him in a private corner.

But a friend told the Daily Star: “He would not have been happy by the actions of those on the night.”

We shouldn’t rush to judgment until we know the motivations of the bouncers. Maybe they were trying to help. Maybe they were going to show a movie during the party, and everyone there would be talking over it and yelling stuff at the screen. My people don’t like that one bit. “Tsk, tsk,” we say.

See also, AllHipHop, "British Paper Accuses Jay-Z of Racism for Afterparty Snub."

Folks aren't denying that white guests were excluded. It's just a matter of pinning down the real Mr. Charley here?

And yeah, where are those leftists?

RELATED: "Libel Blogger David Hillman (Swash Zone) Workplace Harassment Fail."

Max Blumenthal's Alinsky Tactics

At Big Journalism, "How the World Works: Max Blumenthal and His Vicious Alinsky Tactics":

The video below summarizes Blumenthal’s Alinsky tactics and highlights clips from the most recent CPAC where he continues his viciousness. As Andrew Breitbart wondered, what does Blumenthal really stand for, if it isn’t for destroying people’s lives?

Destroy people's lives? Who woulda thunk it!

RELATED: "Libel Blogger David Hillman (Swash Zone) Workplace Harassment Fail."

Libel Blogger David Hillman (Swash Zone) Workplace Harassment Fail

I met with my vice president for human resources today regarding the claims of "racism" and "harassment" alleged by David Hillman (a.k.a (O)CT(O)PUS) of The Swash Zone.

I can't go into detail as to what went down at the meeting, but it's essential that I post updates of non-proprietary information to the formal record here. The campus inquiry is ongoing and I'll be accompanied by union representatives in case of any forthcoming actions. Recall that David Hillman's allegations are just the latest in his completely deranged (but longstanding) jihad against American Power. Hillman's charges are as preposterous as they are unhinged. A classical neo-communist, (O)CT(O)PUS is so utterly incompetent at anything other than puerile schoolyard bullying that it's not surprising that he'd go all in with a vicious campaign of personal destruction. Indeed, he's updated his post with a new comment to reiterate his desperate end-all motivation to literally annihilate me and the moral clarity I represent:

This will NOT be my last and final comment on the subject of Internet predation, but I hope this will be my last encounter with the Professor of Political Science at Long Beach City College who has stalked the Swash Zone for years.

This weekend, the professor posted a series of ripostes here, here, and here.

As expected, he is still wrapping himself inside his First Amendment rights while refusing to take responsibility for his actions. He plays the victim card but has not yet explained this ...

This is totally piss-poor unsubstantiated drivel. Readers can go to the link above to see the libelous claims being thrown around. But interestingly, Hillman is so literally consumed by hatred he's driven to psychotic fantasies of alleged mayhem and stalking. Behold these freakishly phantasmagorical projections with reference to the real-life cyber-stalking and death threats to tech-guru Kathy Sierra:

Let there be no doubt. The pleas of Kathy Sierra have failed to reach across the Internet. There are trolls and serial predators everywhere, and few have been more persistent and toxic than the professor of political science at Long Beach City College.

If he were merely an annoying troll, it would be easy to ignore him. It is less easy, however, to ignore hate messages in my email box that originate from his weblog … fulminations against “stinking-boot” liberals … messages warning of dire consequences and a final reckoning. When one reads this crap, it is easy to understand how Kathy Sierra felt.

I'm sensing a persecution complex!

Jeez, I guess American Power really has the power!

I kid, but this is actually quite serious. The Swash Zone community is actually struggling to devise even more crudely devious methods in their jihad to eviscerate my First Amendment rights to freedom of speech (with emphasis added):

Where bigotry and other morally repugnant acts are concerned, I'm all for sunshine; publicize the nasty things that people say and do as much as possible -- which, by the way, is one of the reasons I'm opposed to moderating such things away. Sometimes it's good to confront and be offended by the things people say and do, and to see that as many other people as possible are offended right along with you. Rather than hide bigoted blog comments, I say highlight them, repeating them as many times as it takes for people to get good and pissed off at the people that post them. (In fact, if the lawyer's don't object, I'd suggest posting all of the threats and other nonsense received via e-mail, as well.) I'm all for blog posts, letters to local media--including the LBCC college newspaper--with full quotes and context, tweets, facebook posts, submissions to "Worst Person in the World" segments, and any other means that uses sunshine and/or moonglow to highlight the bad acts Donald Douglas and those like him engage in.

The only problem, of course, is that there are no "threats and other nonsense" or "racism" or "harassment," or whatever. In fact, IT'S DAVID HILLMAN WHO HAS REPEATEDLY PUBLISHED ALL OF MY WORKPLACE INFORMATION TO FACILITATE ONGOING DIABOLICAL THREATS TO ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY LIVELIHOOD.

The truth is that these people reside outside the boundaries of God-given right, morality, and goodness. This truth is revealed to me inside my heart and in my faith, and readers at American Power (and of spiritual blessing) know that righteousness will prevail and that I'm in eternal graces. It is the eminent case that these most horrible people -- Satan's servants -- can't actually defend themselves against overwhelming argumentation, so they can resort only to the most underworldly campaigns of personal and political destruction imaginable.

I now understand much better why some bloggers choose to remain anonymous, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Truth and goodness always prevail, and so it is here at this blog.

PHOTO CREDIT: That's me leaving for work this morning. Picture by American Power Progeny #2.

Swash Zone's Cyber-Bully Harassment Escalates!

Leftists don't debate. They threaten: First I had E.D. Kain contact my department last year. Then last week Scott Erik Kaufman claimed that my blogging was so offensive that I should be fired. And today we have this post from (O)CT(O)PUS, which is the latest in the left's campaign of personal destruction, "THE RACIST BIGOT WHO TEACHES AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE."

Folks can read the entire post for themselves. I'll post the comments here to get an idea of how much hate is bubbling up over there.

From Captain Fogg:

That people who are college professors can openly mock the idea that there is a history of black America worth regarding isn't sad, it's as disgusting as anything that ever came out of the mouth of Goebbels.

I would have left it in sight, just to remind everyone what American "conservatism" is really about: hate, arrogance and evil.

If it were still here, I could forward it to the dean of faculty at that god-forsaken, but publicly supported college he teaches at. To think that people pay taxes to support what nearly half a million Americans died fighting.

From TNLib:

He and Brain Rage almost started WWIII and it lasted almost as long as WWII. He hangs out at Pam's and annoys the hell out of Truth.

He is a most despicable man. However, as vile as trolls like him are and as racist as his statement is, I doubt seriously if the university will feel compelled to act on it. Of course, if they're trying to get him for a list of other offences, this might add fuel to the fire. There could be a rule against using univ. computers for personal use but I seriously doubt it.

And then there is academic freedom and all the other freedoms, one of which is to simply delete.

Ever since I started blogging, I've wished we could filter out horrid people like DD. It would cut down on the amount of moderation the owner has to do.

From (O)CT(O)PUS:

Here is an excerpt of email I just sent:

Dear Dr. Oakley,

This is to inform you that one of your faculty members, Donald Douglas, engages in a pervasive and pernicious pattern of Internet harassment. His comments would be simply annoying if it were not for racist, bigoted, and offensive content. Here is a link that illustrates the scope of the problem:

http://swashzone.blogspot.com/2010/02/racist-bigot-who-teaches-at-long-beach.html

This is a serious matter deserving of your attention.

If this harassment does not stop, please be advised that I will avail myself of all legal means to prevent such future abuses.

Sincerely yours,

cc: [name of legal counsel redacted]

Win or lose, I can't imagine the school administration will be pleased about any of this. DD has taunted me for the last time. This time, I am determined to strike back.

And more from (O)CT(O)PUS (hyperlinks omitted):

Some folks have been wondering if this is a real person. I assure you, the subject troll is a real person who uses a real name. Here is the online faculty page for Donald Douglas, and here is his weblog.

The words of the subject (quoted in the above post) speak for themselves, no embellishments necessary.

And from Green Eagle:

I used to look at his website once in a while. Some months ago, as some of you may remember, a video of a female newscaster changing her clothes in a stadium locker room circulated on the internet. This scum Douglas got his filthy hands on the tape and featured it and screen captures from it day after day, with the most disingenuous justifications for why he was wallowing in this vile, cheap pornography.

That was the last of my interest in "professor" Douglas. I suggest that this is a person with nothing to contribute to any discussion, and I believe any comment he makes should be immediately erased.

And again from Captain Fogg:

I thought it was worth having you all see it just in case he shows up on his regular rounds and pretends to be a human.

I have no doubt that he will make a fuss about the "censorship" here by the Jew-loving, N****,loving, far left, Commie-liberal hatemongers and that at least some of his psychotic sycophants from "American Power" will show up to rave and spew and shit on the carpet like mad dogs.

Now that you see what he's like and how he feels about every thing good and decent I'm fine with deleting him.

And from Bloggingdino:

I'll just say that his sham use of dialect as a response to our blog entries easily crosses the line that separates legitimate expression (however contrary) from unmitigated trollery -- something this man ought to be ashamed of doing if he calls himself a professor of political science.

As for academic freedom generally, I suppose it depends on your status -- if you don't have tenure (approx. 2/3 of teachers don't), you're really not so free; but if you do, then yes, it's pretty hard to get rid of you unless you do something truly outrageous in a very public way. It ought to be hellish to spend much time around highly educated, intelligent people who justly loathe you, but I suspect that the sort of person who inspires such contempt actually thrives on it and would tend to dig in his or her heels all the more firmly. It's the whole Ayn Rand thing, you know -- "I'm the only sane and superior person here, and I'm surrounded by collectivist mediocrities! Arrrgggghh!"

And again from TNLib:

bloggingdino - I don't think an individual like this has the ability to feel shame. This goes hand-in-hand with "the sort of person who inspires such contempt actually thrives on it."

He appears on other blogs as Anon. or whatever. Of course everyone knows who he is. All I can think is how silly that a grown man, a professor, should act so silly.

He and malcontent are cut from the same cloth. Lot's of anger there as well as the obvious racism. I have no doubt that either one of them could go postal.

Honestly, I have no clue as to most of the stuff these people spew, although it's no joke that (O)CT(O)PUS contacted the president of my college.

In any case, the redacted section up there should read, "John Herfort, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (New York)." The Gibson-Dunn website is here.

I'll update when I have more information.

But for reference, see my earlier post, " (O)CT(O)PUS = CYBER-BULLY."

Also, for the record, last September, (O)CT(O)PUS declared violent jihad against conservatives. See, "THE GRAND INSURRECTION PARTY AND THE POLITICS OF TREASON." I have made a screencap of that post, available here. And I've saved the entire text of that post to a permanent file. I wrote previously on this here, "From 'Knuckle-Dragger' to 'Traitor': Democratic Demonization Gets Threatening."

Check back for updates on the latest in (O)CT(O)PUS' campaign to annihilate American Power!

From 'Knuckle-Dragger' to 'Traitor': Democratic Demonization Gets Threatening

You know, it's bad enough that we have cowardly Congressman Alan Grayson attacking conservatives as "knuckle dragging Neanderthals." That slur apparently received a warm welcome by the Democratic leadership. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that Representative Grayson has no need to apologize, and that's despite widespread condemnation of Grayson from mainstream quarters. Gloria Borger decried Grayson's remarks as resorting to the exact same name-calling Democrats claim to denounce. The context for Grayson is Joe Wilson's "you lie" exclamation during President Obama's recent address on healthcare. Put aside the fact that the President is a liar and dissembler, it takes an awful lot of gall for Democrats to smear concerned citizens and their elected representatives in Congress as "knuckle-draggers."

That's par for the course, though, naturally. As Confederate Yankee so aptly put it earlier this week, "The Real Extremists Are on the Left." (Leftists at a CBS News blog suggested conservatives should be arrested and shot while "attempting to escape.")

So it's no surprise to see the genuinely evil hatred at The Swash Zone blog this week. The blog's proprietor, (O)CT(O)PUS, has declared a jihad against the "racist" conservative "birthers" and "teabaggers." See, "THE GRAND INSURRECTION PARTY AND THE POLITICS OF TREASON":

The party out of power has devolved from the Loyal Opposition Party to the Oppositional-Defiant Party,” and now the “Grand Insurrection Party.” The time-honored art of political compromise and consensus is dead. The GOP has opted out of participatory democracy.

Samuel Johnson once said: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Your humble Octopus disagrees. The U.S. Constitution affords plenty of mud-wiggle room for scoundrels. If patriotism is the first refuge, the First Amendment is the next, where cowards assert their bigotry and stupidity by saying anything they want under Constitutional protection, or so they think. The Second Amendment offers yet another refuge: When reason and civil discourse fail, the malcontents and misfits of the GOP invoke this Amendment to incite others to violence by proxy, or so they think. The fear-mongering, hate-mongering scoundrels of the GOP overlook a fundamental point.

We have the same rights. We won the last two elections. We have a mandate to reverse the failed policies of the GOP whether they like it or not. With each passing day, the GOP has pushed political discourse beyond the fringes of civilization, and the time is long overdue to hold them accountable before more people get killed. I will defend my politics, my principles, and my person with words as I must and with arms (all 8 of them) if necessary. Octopus hath spoken.

If you check that link cited by (O)CT(O)PUS at bottom there, it goes to a site spreading more of the same leftists hysteria and smears surrounding the William Sparkman murder. Of course, as Ann Althouse noted recently - reflecting the view of more reasoned individuals, "I'd say that Sparkman, doing his census work, encountered a criminal enterprise — perhaps a drug lab — out where people thought no one would — or should — be coming around."

The real crazies are the radical leftists who can't tolerate passionate dissent. From Barack Obama to Nancy Pelosi, and then on down to the most frighteningly nihilistic elements of the extreme-left blogosphere, the Democratic Party looks increasingly intent to crush the free speech rights of traditional Americans concerned about real, rising threats of Democratic authoritarianism. It's quite amazing, really.

Blogging Anonymity and Blogging Ethics

I should probably weigh in on the Ed Whelan/John Blevins imbroglio. Everyone else is, and I'm getting some links out of it as well!

Some quick background: Ed Whelan outed "Publius" at Obsidian Wings. The latter's real name is John F. Blevins, and he's an Assistant Professor of Law at the South Texas College of Law. Check the links above, and Memeorandum. At issue are the attacks on Whelan as the right's go-to "legal hitman." The term is from the "Anonymous Liberal," so the irony there is rich. Readers can assess who comes out on top in the substantive debate. No matter, though. Whelan comes off as putz, either way. Both James Joyner and Dan Riehl eloquently make the case against Whelan.

Now, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't out someone who writes anonymously (or "pseudonymously," as the case may be). Repsac3 got mad at me once for using his real name in a comment thread. But he had posted his real name at his Twitter link, at he linked to it at the sidebar. So, it's kind of hard to get mad at being "outed" if you "outed" yourself.

Frankly, if a blogger writes under complete anonymity (or pseudonymity), that's his prerogative. And it's not up to me or anyone else, in pure spite, to reveal their identity. It's kind of cowardly, in my opinion, to use a pseudonym, but I can understand it. After the Repsac3 exchange, PrivatePigg, a conservative blogger and friend of mine, said he blogs anonymously simply to protect his privacy from the radical leftists he knows will stalk him and his family.

It happens. As reader know, I routinely wade into the comment threads at leftist blogs to debate and ridicule. I don't claim to be nice about it. I've even used profanity in a comment thread at "Dr. Hussein Biobrain's" blog. But I don't threaten people; I skewer. And some folks can't handle being revealed as nihilist America-bashers. After commenting a few times at The Swash Zone, I received this e-mail from "(O)CT(O)PUS," the blog's publisher:

DO NOT HARASS ANY OF MY WRITERS AT "THE SWASH ZONE" AGAIN. IF YOU HARASS ME OR ANY OF MY WRITERS ONE MORE TIME, I WILL NOTIFY ELOY OAKLEY AND DONALD BERZ AT YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TAKE IMMEDIATE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BOTH YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYER. THIS GAME OF YOURS ENDS HERE.

I don't harrass. If folks can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Or go to comment moderation at least!

But if there was ever good reason to blog anonymously, real harrassment such as this is it. "(O)CT(O)PUS" made the rounds at leftist blogs to brag about how he'd "kicked my ass." And he PUBLISHED MY WORK CONTACT INFORMATION so that his co-bloggers could call my college president. I wrote about it here, "(O)CT(O)PUS = CYBER-BULLY."

What's funny about this, in the present debate, is that while Whelan's coming off like an adolescent jerk, the truth is that radical leftists have made a career out of "outing" those with whom they disagree. TBogg, whose real name is Tom Boggioni, has made a pastime of it, as Willliam Jacobson reveals:

So yeah, screw Ed Whelan. The guy's coming off like a thin-skinned prick. But just know that all the faux-outrage on the left is totally hypocritical. These folks get off on outing, snarking, shaming, and demonizing conservatives. That's their livelihood. This secular demonology has no counterpart on the right. Sure, some conservatives are peurile, but leftists are masters at the game.

P.S.: I have a lot of respect for conservatives who get along amicably with leftists. I don't do it well, online at least. Some of my best friends are Democrats (scroll down, here, for my colleague Dr. Greg Joseph, who's a Truman Democrat). But these friends would never put up with the kind of filth that is the stock and trade of today's netroots hordes.

Also, Ed Morrissey's got a poll up, "When is it okay to out liberal bloggers?" See also, Rick Moran, "The Outing of Publius and the Comfort of Anonymity."

(O)CT(O)PUS = CYBER-BULLY

Some time back, (O)CT(O)PUS, the anonymous proprietor of The Swash Zone, began leaving the most awful comments on my blog. These were plainly trolling and abusive drive-by taunts. I tolerated them for some time and then finally I sent him an e-mail as follows:

(O)CT(O)PUS:

My blog, my rules, hello?

You've said your piece on your own blog. Maybe you've gotten some of your derangement off your chest.

You're free to comment on my blog as long as it's germane to the post, of which your earlier comments we're not.

Follow the rules, or be banned...

Donald

A few months later, I left a couple of comments at The Swash Zone, at entries posted by Captain Fogg and Repsac3, as the blog is a group effort. I frankly didn't make the connection to (O)CT(O)PUS (who I later realized runs the place), and for that transgression I received this threatening warning in my e-mail inbox:

And these are my rules: DO NOT HARASS ANY OF MY WRITERS AT "THE SWASH ZONE" AGAIN. IF YOU HARASS ME OR ANY OF MY WRITERS ONE MORE TIME, I WILL NOTIFY ELOY OAKLEY AND DONALD BERZ AT YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TAKE IMMEDIATE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BOTH YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYER. THIS GAME OF YOURS ENDS HERE.

The ALL-CAPITALS format in BOLD TEXT are in the original.

I have to admit this caught me off-guard, and recall this stuff isn't new, as I've received hate-mail and death threats before.

But I want to draw readers attention to the stark differences here in the comparative responses: My original e-mail simply requested of (O)CT(O)PUS that he abide by a standard of decency and relevancy. He was free to comment at my blog without personal attacks on me or my readers. No threat was made or implied. (O)T(O)PUS in return, and in response to comments at posts he had not written, and that were not directed at him, threatened my livelihood, and my employers (oddly enough).

There's a real cheap cowardice at work here that's not only annoying, but downright creepy.

Considering this, it's even more bothersome to find a whole new post dedicated to this threat at American Nihilist, a blog set up by Repsac3 to ridicule and smear me for fun and a bit of revenge (the only relief available in the face of the intellectual incompetence inflicting these demons).

Entitled "DEFAMATION - DONALD STYLE," (O)CT(O)PUS is responding to my take down of Captain Fogg, who implicitly called for the execution of Rush Limbaugh in a post last month. (O)CT(O)PUS gets fairly vicious at the post, but it's the conclusion that's out of this world:

We know these behaviors all too well, and why some of you bother with this pinhead is beyond me. The Coward is not welcome at The Swash Zone; we delete his comments immediately. More disturbing are the comments and e-mails left by his followers: Profane, racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic … worthy of report to the FBI. What to do?

If the Coward or any of his followers harass you online you, contact President Eloy Oakley at (562) 938-4122 or Executive VP of Academic Affairs Donald Berz at (562) 938-4127 and describe the harassment. For serious online abuse or defamation, there is always this option (case file in progress).

So notice here: Not only has (O)CT(O)PUS now escalated his campaign of harassment with a public call to threaten my employment, but he's accused me of online abuse and defamation without one shred of evidence.

It's been almost six months since I first e-mailed (O)CT(O)PUS and I haven't heard one word from my college administration or from a plaintiff's attorney. It's funny too, because Repsac3's blog is all about abuse and defamation, for example in the next post to follow (O)CT(O)PUS', where Truth101 impugns my reputation by smearing me as "Donald the Dog."

And remember, all of this is taking place at a blog called "American Nihilist," which (if you click the link) is a website specifically designed for a demonic campaign of personal attacks against American Power.

What's all very interesting here is that each and every one of my antagonists goes by an anonymous online handle. Now that's cowardly. And worthy of a little analytical consideration.

Readers may recall that I noted, in response to TBogg, that I'm reading David Denby's Snark. Denby's extremely liberal, so a lot of his stuff is suspect, but I have to admit he's got one of the best discussions of online anonymity I've seen so far:

People who start their own blogs almost always identify themselves, but many snarking writers exercise power anonymously, hiding behind a handle, attacking people who appear in public, who run blogs, or other commenters. The insults come out of nowhere, as if waiting for the occassion. But why hide? This love of anonymity is amazing to me. If you have something to say, why in the world would you want to hide yourself? ....

The answer, of course, is that anonymous writers are either ashamed of what they're saying, or, alternatively, quite proud of what they're saying, but, in either case, they're not eager to confront anyone directly ... Anonymity frees us to attack whites, blacks, Muslims, men, women, gays, birders, arachnophobes, philatelists - frees us in a way that would be impossible in the office, at a cocktail party, in a bar, or a schoolyard ...

Denby continues with the notion that anonymity is inherently childish, something that's available to essentially non-grown-ups. But there's a totalitarianism to anonymity as well, for as Denby notes, "a phone call to the secret police is a much more serious act than a snarking post, but that's the kind of negative vibe anonymity can give off - it's not something to be played with; it has danger lurking in its secrecy."

And that's a perfect way to summarize the cyber-bullying of (O)CT(O)PUS and his demonic allies at American Nihilist.

These people are manifestly ignorant pests of juvenile proportion. But they're totalitarian as well, in the classic standard of today's left where dissent against the Obamessianic line is not tolerated. But things have gotten to the point in which I can't ignore the abuse and attacks. While of course these idiots have no plausible case for a lawsuit, the opposite in my case is nearly true. "Donald the Dog" is pretty close to defamation, although these brilliant hacks don't have the faintest clue as to the inherent hypocrisy of their project.

If it's any consolation to me, it's simply the fact that what I do at American Power is working, and that's to expose the left's truly diabolical plotting for the death of moral right in this country, and when the left is reduced to pure babbling incoherence in failed attempts at intellectual parry, their only recourse is rank bullying.

As always, I'll stand my ground, even in court with legal representation if it comes to that.