“Is Michelle Malkin ‘gutsy’ and ‘fearless’ and ‘courageous’?Sure. The same way David Irving is ‘gutsy’ and ‘fearless’ and ‘courageous.’”
-Blogger David Neiwert. Honestly, it’s shocking to me that supposedly intelligent people, such as Glenn Reynolds, are reacting positively to this noxious book, as though it’s actually a legitimate question whether rounding innocent people up and throwing them into camps based on their race and national origin is ever, under any circumstances, an acceptable thing to do. (Eric Muller is reading the book- I guess so you don't have to- and blogging it over at Volokh).
Malkin, clearly, is following the Ann Coulter/’Treason” career path to pundit superstardom: Write a “controversial” book with a thesis that’s morally, politically, and historically indefensible; get invited on to talk shows; defame anyone who objects or disagrees as a "traitor"; and let the money roll in. But then, I don’t think even Ann has ever referred to a blogger’s innocuous, first-impression brush-off of one of her books as a “harsh ad hominem attack.”
Posted by Stephen Silver at August 5, 2004 01:25 AM