Talking Points Memo alerted me this morning to the comments of a conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel.
"No tears for the newly-departed Kayla Mueller, the ISIS hostage whose parents confirmed today that she is dead," conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel wrote on Tuesday, under the headline, "Kayla Mueller: Dead ISIS Hostage Was Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel Bitch."
"Mueller was a Jew-hating, anti-Israel piece of crap who worked with HAMAS and helped Palestinians harass Israeli soldiers and block them from doing their job of keeping Islamic terrorists out of Israel," she wrote.
Schlussel condemned Mueller's humanitarian work in the "so-called 'West Bank'" to prevent the demolition of "terrorists' 'houses.'"
"I have no sympathy for any of these 'American' (in name only!) hostages of ISIS," she continued. "And my attitude when I hear they’ve been snuffed out is, so sad, too bad."
Schlussel called the killing of Mueller "poetic justice."
I had not heard of this woman, but she's evidently widely quoted and read, kind of an Ann Coulter wannabe.
How can we firmly protest this kind of cruel, stupid writing? Engage directly? Suggestions are welcome. I am just sickened by her.
From her website (I went, so you don't have to):
Schlussel’s columns have also frequently appeared on the Knight-Ridder Newswire and in several major newspapers, including The Washington Times, The New York Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Wisconsin State Journal. She has also written columns for FOXNews.com.
How do we push back against this type of rhetoric?