Tuesday, April 18, 2006

There's No Civility, Only Politics


I was already depressed about the civility deficit, which seems to be everywhere, but is especially prevalent here on the internets. Then this story about the latest from Michelle Malkin came along. And, no, I won't link to the wicked witch.

Ezra Klein has a post about the sad state of Michelle Malkin. Of course, it's really about much more than Malkin. It is definitely worth your time.

If you haven't heard about Malkin's latest, she's posted the phone numbers of some college students who had the nerve to demonstrate against military recruiters at the University of California-Santa Cruz.


When the students asked Malkin to remove their phone numbers because they are getting death threats, Malkin posted their numbers again.

No word yet on whether Malkin might lose an hour or so of sleep if one of her loyal readers follows through on the death threats.

Crooks and Liars has a video.

Update: Hahah. If Malkin is, or I should say -- was -- in the running for the position of new WaPo conservative blogger, she has surely blown it. Even the WaPo wouldn't hire Malkin after this.