The Coulters of the left

Patterico compiles a long list of repulsive rhetoric by left-wing commentators - and he doesn't even include Ted Rall or Michael Moore.

The point of this list is not to argue that leftists are more hateful than conservatives. There are many documented examples of hate speech on the right; Ann Coulter provides many examples, but she is not the only one. I publish this list simply to rebut the Greenwald-spawned canard that leftist hate speech is exclusively the province of anonymous trolls on the Internet. On the contrary, prominent leftists have said some pretty awful things.

There are more examples, and a vigorous debate, in his comment section. Surely we can all agree that there are plenty of wingnuts on both sides, right?

Damian P.

Update: Jack Shafer on "Why the Press Can't Ignore Her."

Update II: Patterico encourages his critics to re-read the paragraph cited above.

Andrew Sullivan, not surprisingly, sneers at Glenn Reynolds for linking to Patterico's post. It's hard to believe, now, but there was a time when Sully gave out the "Begala Award" and "Moore Award" for unhinged left-wing rhetoric (along with the "Malkin Award," for which "Ann Coulter is ineligible - to give others a chance"). Like Reynolds says, there's plenty of this stuff to go around.

Posted by damian at March 6, 2007 07:26 AM