LGF’s Charles Johnson Blames Bashir Resignation on ‘Right Wing Lynch Mob’

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Yeah, a lot of readers are asking, “Charles Who?” But the dude actually used to be somebody, and now he’s reduced to playing silly Media Matters/Crooks & Liars “gotcha” games with blog commenters:

“Meanwhile, at Breitbart.com, where they’ve been on a non-stop campaign to get Bashir fired, they’re in a celebratory mood. And you know what that means: lots of gloating (nobody gloats like a wingnut), mixed with thousands of openly racist, xenophobic comments: MSNBC’S BASHIR RESIGNS!!!“

Johnson links to an article by Ben Shapiro. Is he accusing Shapiro of leading this “right wing lynch mob”? Is he saying that Shapiro or anyone else at Breitbart endorses and/or encourages “openly racist, xenophobic comments”? What exactly is he saying?

Better question: Does anyone believe that Martin Bashir resigned from MSNBC because of the “non-stop campaign to get Bashir fired” by Breitbart.com? Or do you suppose, rather, that Bashir’s comments were simply indefensible and that MSNBC — taking a look at Bashir’s anemic ratings — is probably just seizing on this controversy as a pretext to give that time slot to someone more likeable?

 


81 comments

  1. I thought you forgot about me. I am not sure how many people even go to LGF any more. But yeah, you hate quality journalists like Martin Bashir. Martin Bashir is the standard I aspire to.

  6. I like that he’s so lazy, the only thing he can come up with to pair with “racist” is “xenophobic”.

  7. …of course, there isn’t a left wing shriek machine, is there? No-one has ever been hounded out of their job as a consequence of politely disagreeing with an absurd left policy, have they?

  9. I’m still trying to figure out what you find so offensive by the comparison between slavery–a condition of involuntary servitude–and the fact that multiple generations of Americans who’ve yet to be born will be required to pay it off. Given they’ve no say-so in how their income will be used, they will be working to fund the lifestyles of their ancestors. “Slavery” seems a pretty apt metaphor to me. Are would you be happier with, “the national debt is ‘double plus bad?'”

  11. Because the new racism is Sexism – and the Progressive Flagship can’t be undermined by conservatives replaying Bashir’s remarks every time the WarOnWomen card is played.
    Just business. Johnson wouldn’t recognise that anymore.

  12. You’re really that embarrassed over your own work? To be fair, if I’d written your over-wrought, self-obsessed tripe, I would be embarrassed, too.

  15. Yeah, trust a right wing zealot to make a big deal out of wanting to crap in somebody’s mouth.

    Let’s try a variant of the eternal question whenever a bold transgressive artist makes a sculpture of Mary out of dung – would you do it with an image of Mohammed?

    So how long would Bashir have lasted had he wanted to poop in Obama’s mouth? Too bad, now we’ll never know.

  16. slav·ery 2 : submission to a dominating influence. (i.e., Big Govt.) You are ridiculously ignorant, Mr. Johnson. And if you are more offended by Sarah Palin’s slavery analogy than Martin Bashir’s vile, vulgar comments, then you live in an alternate universe.

  17. Are you sure?

    Considering (1) how many of the MSM they’ve hired and (2) how tired Kai Penn and Reggie Love must be performing their daily duties on, er, for The Won, methinks Bashir will soon be working at 1600 Penn. Ave..

  18. Y’all held a neck tie party and didn’t invite me? Shameful. And I just went out to buy new robes and hood for the festivities. Don’t be so selfish next time and let more in on the fun.

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