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Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism!

Posted on | December 10, 2013 | 64 Comments

My apology for treating you to more of this kook’s kookiness, but these nutjobs just fascinate me. Mike Elk responded to Betsy Rothstein’s Monday article with a series of typically bizarre e-mails:

[C]riticize him at your own peril — he’ll charge that you’re against people with conditions like Asperger’s and write your boss and insist on your termination. He wrote in 16 times today to tell me why I’m not a journalist and he is. . . .

11:53 a.m. Mike: Reporter with tact for saying racists things against asians [sic] writes story downplaying the racist behavior of Eli Lake – no wonder it was a hit piece. Betsy: I do hope you have a Happy Holidays. And p.s. go fuck yourself. . . .
11:54 a.m. Mike: Quite the solidarity of racists Betsy. Betsy: Okay Mike. You keep believing whatever stupid shit you want.
12 p.m. Mike: [sic] Its not just me. I mean Lee Fang other asians believe it, but you downplay serious life or death issues. People like Eli Lake a racist fascists not actual reporters. Betsy: Great, strangers believe something. I don’t give a shit, Elk. Your thinking is very twisted and weird and I’ll have no part of it. . . .
Mike: Hey Betsy, There is a difference here. The difference is that I am coming after you hard over what you do, you guys mock and make fun of people over how they were born – their race, neorological impairments etc. Learn what real journalism is Betsy. melk Betsy:  Interesting. You have the same pattern again and again with everyone. You are the king of journalism, of course. You are seriously demented. And no, that’s not a slam on your mental illness or your dyslexia, it’s a slam on you personally for being such an idiot. And you’re coming after me hard? Oh, also interesting. Thanks for sharing.
12:13 p.m. Mike: Betsy, You work at the Daily Caller enough said? melk Betsy: And your point is what? I’ve never read your magazine. You work at In These Times. Are we just going through our resumes now?  You’ve tried to disparage and get three reporters fired in about 7 weeks. Let me fill you in … you’re not some warrior. Your thoughts and accusations don’t add up. Enough said, Mike Elk. . . .

You can read the whole thing — yes, there’s lots more crazy where that came from — and keep this in mind: I have no especial reason to like Betsy Rothstein, or Eli Lake or Rosie Gray, for that matter. It’s not as though we’re all best buddies and ideological soul mates. The story here is quite simple: Mike Elk is dangerously crazy.

But you probably figured that out by now, you racists.

 


Category: Journalism

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64 Responses to “Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism!”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  2. Resista38176897
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  3. CHideout
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  4. jwbrown1969
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  5. Lockestep1776
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  6. Citzcom
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm

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  7. Professor_Why
    December 10th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm

    Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism! http://t.co/FHR83uCbsv

  8. Finrod Felagund
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:09 pm

    I think the word schmuck was invented for people like Mike Elk.

  9. rsmccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:11 pm

    It gets better http://t.co/VRf7nD6Sm2 Basically: (a) Mike is the only REAL journalist, and (b) RACIST! @betsyscribeindc @BobBelvedere

  10. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm

    RAAAAACIST!

  11. scarymatt
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm

    This guy was, like, made for Bill S. If only someone could convince one to attack the other, they could keep each other busy and leave the rest of us the hell alone.

  12. Jerry Beckett
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:15 pm

    Maybe some more Civil War trash talk is coming. Because that’s what sane people do.

  13. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:15 pm

    There seems to be some private agreement among the kooks that they only attack sane people.

  14. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:22 pm

    It’s adamantine brilliance: “I’m better than you because soldiers from the geographical region where I grew up won a war 150 years ago.”

  15. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:23 pm

    Perhaps I should start taunting Italians because they’re so obviously fascists.

  16. rsmccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:25 pm

    RT @Professor_Why: Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism! http://t.co/FHR83uCbsv

  17. texlovera
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:36 pm

    Ron Burgundy >>> Mike Elk.

  18. Dianna Deeley
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm

    Stacy, what is it with you and crazy people? How do you find them, and why do they find you?

    It’s fascinating, don’t get me wrong, but even I don’t know this many completely off-their-rockers-and-into-the-weeds nuts as you do, and I practically define F.I.N.E.! In my case, the “I” stands for “irritable.”

  19. G Joubert
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:41 pm

    Victims R Us.

  20. Adjoran
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:43 pm

    The Left is sensing that it may be on the verge of losing power just when it had come closer to turning America into a totalitarian state than they ever dreamed possible.

    And as we know, the Left is never crazier or more entertaining than when losing and/or out of power.

    Faster, please.

  21. screwtape1a12
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:43 pm

    RT @rsmccain: It gets better http://t.co/VRf7nD6Sm2 Basically: (a) Mike is the only REAL journalist, and (b) RACIST! @betsyscribeindc @BobB…

  22. Adjoran
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm

    And he’s ugly, too – just check out those beady little eyes.

  23. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:53 pm

    Just call me The Kook Hunter.

  24. Mike Elk = BSC | Batshit Crazy News
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:53 pm

    […] Mike Lake goes off and starts calling people racist, because he is a […]

  25. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:55 pm

    That is absolutely true. They are like zombies, in that they will not try to devour each other. Beyond that the two have about the same amount of empathy and moral reasoning as zombies. http://batshitcrazynews.com/2013/12/mike-elk-bsc/

    http://batshitcrazynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eb0634d648a4f2b0feedd9bd513167ea.jpg

  26. ElksRight
    December 10th, 2013 @ 3:57 pm

    Rothstein is a female conservative, journalist which makes her the lowest of the low.

  27. Dianna Deeley
    December 10th, 2013 @ 4:02 pm

    I shall!

  28. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 10th, 2013 @ 4:24 pm

    Unraveling is a good way to describe it too.

    Separated at Birth: Mike Elk and…?

  29. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 10th, 2013 @ 4:24 pm

    Or in the Mafia.

  30. rustypaladin
    December 10th, 2013 @ 4:46 pm

    ” The difference is that I am coming after you hard over what you do…”

    No, he is coming after us with a pool noodle shaped like a fish and wondering why nobody takes his “journalism” seriously.

  31. Alan Markus
    December 10th, 2013 @ 5:15 pm

    Better watch out – with all the attention you are giving this guy, Bill Schmalfeldt could get all jealous and butthurt about that.

  32. rsmccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 5:22 pm

    RT @commonpatriot: via @rsmccain: Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism! http://t.co/uTWHfFuypq #tcot

  33. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 5:26 pm

    “Conservative,” Betsy? She sure did a great job of hiding it when she was attacking me a few years ago. Like I say , it’s not like we’re best buds.

  34. LeatherPenguin
    December 10th, 2013 @ 5:44 pm

    Now @MikeElk Calls @betsyscribeindc a ‘Racist,’ Because … Journalism! http://t.co/cZU3qFWBN2

  35. Howard Earl
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm

    This Mike Elk dude is suoiralih. <—Spelled backwards for his benefit.

  36. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:11 pm

    You could be The Kook Whisperer too. .

  37. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:12 pm

    Interesting handle you have there.

  38. Calvin Everhart
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:38 pm

    You beat me to it! LOL

  39. Calvin Everhart
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:40 pm

    That is a suicide bomber for sure! Man hes got that look.

  40. WarEagle82
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:44 pm

    These people just keep popping up EVERYWHERE on the left. It is so bad that Obama and Biden and Reid and Pelosi start to almost seem rational BY COMPARISON to all these other left-wing EXTREME LUNATICS!

    How crazy can these people be? I keep asking that question and then I get introduced to people like Kaitlyn Hunt and Cabin Boy and Rauhauser and Kimberlin and the transvestite corps at Vassar and now this lunatic. There seems to be no end to the depths of lunacy on the left.

    Is mental illness and depravity required to be a leftist or does being leftist cause it? Seriously…

  41. Art Deco
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:46 pm

    Were you to give male hormone treatments to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, what do you suppose she would look like?

  42. G Joubert
    December 10th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm

    You know they’re going to give the full-bore Bush treatment to the next Republican president, no matter who it is.

  43. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 7:41 pm

    I think it is, to a great extent, disappointment: They supported Obama, who gave them as much of what they wanted as he possibly could, and yet . . .

    Well, his success has not translated itself into their success. Their fundamental problems are not political, and are beyond the reach of policy, and so when they have had such large victories in terms of both politics and policy, yet they themselves are still so unhappy, they lash out at scapegoats: Racists! Sexists! Homophobes! Neocons! Fox News!

    Their hate is all they have to fall back on.

  44. robertstacymccain
    December 10th, 2013 @ 7:41 pm

    You’re a cruel man, Howard.

  45. Quartermaster
    December 10th, 2013 @ 7:58 pm

    Y’all get a room!

  46. McGehee
    December 10th, 2013 @ 7:58 pm

    suoiralih

    That looks like a Gaelic word.

  47. McGehee
    December 10th, 2013 @ 7:59 pm

    If Evi posts a photoshop of DWS with a Grizzly Adams beard, it’s your fault.

  48. Quartermaster
    December 10th, 2013 @ 8:00 pm

    I guess we’ll have to hunt him down with dogs for that.

  49. BobBelvedere
    December 10th, 2013 @ 8:01 pm

    RT @rsmccain: It gets better http://t.co/lJZuWu3XZ8 Basically: (a) Mike is the only REAL journalist, and (b) RACIST!

  50. cmdr358
    December 10th, 2013 @ 8:33 pm

    I was thinking putz, but schmuck works just as well;-)