The Blogosphere vs. Deb Frisch
by John Little on 8/07/2006I don’t blog Internet drama. I know people love it but I don’t. But this is a good one. Michelle Malkin writes:
Jeff Goldstein, who has been such an inspiration and good friend ever since I started blogging, is under attack. He–and his toddler son–have been the subject of abuse and harassment from a nutball leftist troll, who appears to hold a prominent teaching position at the University of Arizona and seems to have a history of abusing and stalking blogs.
A sample comment from this woman:
Ooh. Two year old boy. Sounds hot. You live in Colorado, I see. Hope no one Jon-Benets your baby.Are you still married to the woman you humped to produce the toddler?
It gets worse. David Horowitz would have a field day with this case.
Jeff’s blog is down due to DDOS attacks but follow the link to Michelle’s to review Deb Frish’s comments. If I hadn’t been blogging for almost five years I’d find them unbelievable. But I’ve seen it all by now. Threats, (against me and the President – authorities involved in that), hackers (they lost), trolls, and more.
Once you’ve read Deb’s comments on Michelle’s site stroll over to her blog. You’ll discover that she’s raising a white flag and has resigned her position at the University of Arizona:
Jeff – I lost my job. You won. Could you call off the troops?
UPDATE: I have been receiving emails alluding to the fact that I got fired. I was not fired. I resigned. I was not pressured to resign. I just sent my boss an email explaining what was happening and told him I thought it was best for all involved if I resigned.
Um yeah. It doesn’t sound like she had much of a choice. Don’t miss the comments on that post.
Updates:
Blackfive is filing a complaint and so can you:
UPDATE 2: I just spoke to a representative of the U of AZ Psychology Department and confirmed that Dr. Frisch is a faculty member at the school. I asked to file a formal complaint and gave my contact info and am awaiting a call from the Department Head, Al Kazniak. If you would like to do the same here is the contact information:
Department1503 E University Blvd. Building 68, Tucson, AZ 85721 (map)
Tel: (520) 621-7448
Fax: (520) 621-9306Kaszniak@u.arizona.edu Department Head email
Small Dead Animals points to one of Deb’s posts about the 7/7 terrorist attacks in London. A classic example of the Progressive thought:
Islamofascists. I like it. Kissing cousins of christofascists like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove and DeLay and judeofascists like Zackheim and Sharon.
I am not happy that more widows, widowers and amputees were created yesterday. I don’t think the people riding the London subway yesterday morning deserved to be blown up because of the war crimes committed by George Bush and condoned by Tony Blair.
But I am glad that someone said phuque you to bush, blair and the other hombres who represent (sic) the G-8 nations.
Sickening but, to those of who sift through it daily, not surprising at all. Flopping Aces has more of her truly disturbing ramblings and adds:
Being a cop in California I can tell you that Criminal Threats, 422PC, is thrown around a lot by those wanting to get back at their enemies (ie ex-friends, ex-boy/girlfriends, ex-spouses, ex-family…etc) but is quite hard to prosecute. The victim needs to feel threatened and to believe the suspect is capable of harming them. Most of the time they do not feel this way, proven by their actions. Someone who is truly fearful will take measures to protect themselves, ie moving for a short period, changing driving habits, and so forth…all that stuff needs to be proven in court.While this vile woman needs to pointed out, especially since she works at a University teaching our youth, prosecuting her would be quite difficult. Not impossible, but difficult.
Another update from Deb:
The point of resigning is that it is something I was thinking of doing anyway. I want to stay in Eugene, OR where moonbats rule instead of living in Tucson, AZ where moonbats are in the minority. So my point is not that you should feel sorry for me but rather you should lay off the stalking like the emails to the head of the psych department at the University of Arizona, the nasty, threatening comments at the various rightwingnut blogs that have jumped on this “story.”The department head said he would deal with this on Monday. No one has formally accepted my resignation yet. I’ve just submitted it. I understand there are many, many people out there who will want to know how the University of Arizona responds to my offer to give up my temporary gig teaching psychology next year. I will let you all know on Monday or Tuesday.
I’m just asking y’all to leave me alone and go stalk another moonbat.
I can’t say I feel sorry for her but she apologized (well sort of, ok, not really) and lost her job. People shouldn’t follow her initial example and send her the very type of email that she’s catching so much heat over.
Hopefully one of her former colleagues will offer her some professional assistance and she’ll be able to rebuild her life in Oregon. I’m sure she’ll be a minor celebrity there.
Protein Wisdom is back up with an update from Jeff.
Also Blogging:
Ace of Spades
Instapundit
Pajamas Media
Little Green Footballs
Outide the Beltway
Blue Crab Boulevard
Junkyard Blog
My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
Independent Sources
Euphoric Reality
Related posts:
PresidentialWatch08: Mapping the Political Blogosphere
PresidentialWatch08 has mapped over 500 political blogs, including Blogs of War. Their innovative interface allows users to dig into the posting and linking trends of the political blogosphere. Be warned,...
Memorial Day 2007 – The Blogosphere Remembers
Cox & Forkum I’ll update this a post a few times today. Other blogging will be light or saved for Tuesday. Feel free to send links to your posts...
Memorial Day 2008: The Blogosphere Remembers
Stop the ACLU In a nation that is seemingly losing its sense of self, its feeling that heroes walk among us, we take just a few minutes this weekend to...
There are 4 comments in this article: