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It starts right away with bull:
Red America, my new blog at washingtonpost.com, has been under attack since its launch. It is a conservative blog on a mainstream media site, so many of the attacks were expected. If one bothers to read it, I believe it stands as a welcome addition to the opinion debate.
The hate mail that I have received since the launch of this blog has been overwhelmingly profane and violent. My family has been threatened; my friends have been deluged; my phone has been prank called. The most recent email that showed up while writing this post talked about how the author would like to hack off my head, and wishes my mother had aborted me.
But in the course of accusing me of racism, homophobia, bigotry, and even (on one extensive Atrios thread) of having a sexual relationship with my mother, the leftists shifted their accusations to ones of plagiarism. You can find the major examples here: I link to this source only because I believe it's the only place that hasn't yet written about how they'd like to rape my sister.
I know that charges of plagiarism are serious. While I am not a journalist, I have, myself, written more than one thing that has been plagiarized in the past. But these charges have also served to create an atmosphere where no matter what is said on my Red America blog, leftists will focus on things with my byline from when I was a teenager.
Crybaby...
UPDATE: I couldn't resist putting this Redstater's comment in here before it gets scrubbed. It's too rich:
Someone call the wah-mbulance
By: rebrane
Awww, the poor widdle major media columnist got a prank call? How awful that must be for him!
Ben, maybe it's time for you to go softly into the dark night, instead of continuing to dig a hole deep enough to fit all your buddies in it with you. Blaming the liberals for your ethical lapses must be a lot of fun, but think about what it does to the credibility of anyone who believes you.
I know, it sucks to get fired, but you did kind of stick your head in the cannon.