UCSC protesters push military recruiters off campus
UC SANTA CRUZ HATES OUR TROOPS
SEDITIOUS SANTA CRUZ VS. AMERICA
It’s one thing for Malkin to believe, wrongly, that posting college kids’ personal phone numbers (one would expect their cell or dorm phone) is the same thing as posting the work phone number for the communications director of Disney, for example. But it’s quite another for her to dig in her heels and keep the numbers on her highly-visible Web site after the kids have presented evidence that Malkin’s actions may be inciting numerous people to threaten violence. At that point, a decent human being, regardless of your political persuasion, takes the phone number down - your point has been made…. [W]hat Malkin is doing is extremely disturbing, especially now that she insists on continuing the harm after she’s been notified of it. Malkin is, unfortunately, yet another example of the true nature of far too many in the right-wing blogosphere and right-wing politics. There’s a level of venom, and a degree of lack of civility and soul and humanity, that’s simply creepy.
I would have no problem in admitting that the UC-Santa Cruz students involved in their anti-military protest may have gone a bit too far. Being vociferous is one thing, but when you create a situation in which military recruiters simply trying to do their job fear for their safety…yeah, you’ve probably gone a bit overboard.
Nevertheless, Michelle Malkin went well beyond anything the protesters might have been guilty of when she posted just about any phone number she could find for those involved or guilty of nothing more than being a UC-Santa Cruz administrator.
This is, of course, a time-honored and despicable tactic of the Right, and a bald-faced attempt on Malkin’s part to quell free speech through intimidation. By posting contact information, Malkin virtually guaranteed that the wackjobs on the Right would come crawling out from under their rocks and threaten anyone they feel may be responsible for exercising their free speech rights in a way they don’t approve of. To wit:
From: Wayne
Subject: shame on you
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:30:26 -0400You will pay for your seditious activities. It is only a matter of time…We are retired military snipers & we are watching you…
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From: Hermy Flenagin
Subject: Military
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:24:54 -0700 (PDT)Girls (and other assorted shitdicks),
My sincere hope is that a couple hundred of the local patriots take a day off work for your next anarchist event, and come down to your little shithole with some axe handles and bust your fucking heads.
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From: Peter Peanut
Subject: I hope…
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:38:44 -0700 (PDT)…one a fine young American very, very soon puts his shiny gun barrel up to your left temple and pulls the trigger. Now THAT will make America a much, much better place to live for the rest of us, you utterly disgusting piece of shit…
At least one site is not fighting back against Malkin by publishing her contact information. Use this information if you must, but be nice. Remember, it does us no good to sink to the levels of those knuckle-dragging troglodytes who hang on Malkin’s every word and are beyond ready to threaten those who happen to think differently. Hate and ignorance doesn’t need to be fought with hate and ignorance.
WE DESERVE BETTER.
