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July 10, 2006
Getting Frisched
If anyone misunderestimated the power of the blogosphere, the events of this weekend should permanently change their minds.
Jeff Goldstein blogs at Protein Wisdom (currently down with its third DDOS attack in as many days). If you haven't read Goldstein he is conservative, irreverent, funny, sometimes off-color, and always a good read.
Deb Frisch is, uh, make that was an adjunct lecturer in psychology at the University of Arizona professor.
In the comments section of Protein Wisdom , Frisch made several provocative posts about Goldstein's child (vis Patterico because PW is down):
[â?¦] as I said elsewhere, if I woke up tomorrow and learned that someone else had shot you and your tyke it wouldn't slow me down one iota. You aren't human to me.[â?¦]
So if you could just tell me the AGE and SEX of your tyke, Id be stoked!
Thanx!
She then went on to talk about the child being "Jon-Benet(ed)" - as in Ramsey, and other choice things.
The blogosphere erupted. Within a day Ms. Frisch announced that she had tendered her resignation at UofA (citing a desire to be in the more moonbat friendly Eugene Oregon) but referencing the volume of email received by her boss. Conservative bloggers and liberal bloggers weighed in.
Frisch apologized then backed off from the apology, ultimately blaming Goldstein and calling herself a victim. To their credit, many lefty bloggers condemned Frisch' actions. Others praised her.
Now the MSM has picked up the story which continues to gain steam as time goes on.
There is a warning here for anyone who participates in the blogosphere. As Goldstein promised, under the right circumstances, you too can be turned into a verb.