Spitting on Marla Ruzicka's grave

[otohara]

The litany of distortions and petty personal attacks is absurd enough that it's almost comical -- until it is not. Debbie Schlussel, a right-wing political "commentator" and self-proclaimed heiress to Ann Coulter, has a truly nasty piece appearing in David Horowitz's hysteric Front Page Magazine, in which she asserts that humanitarian activist Marla Ruzicka deserved to die at the hands of Iraqi terrorists.

Schlussel just can't believe the amount of media coverage Ruzicka received following her tragic death in Iraq earlier this month -- especially given that Ruzicka wasn't a sports hero, or a victim of sodomy.

"There are plenty of young American men and women Ruzicka's age and younger who've been brutalized or killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. But none of them got the wall-to-wall fawning coverage that Ruzicka got -- unless they were anally raped or formerly played pro football," writes Schlussel. "While it's a sad day when any American gets killed by Islamic terrorists, it's measurably less sad when that American aided and abetted them -- and belittled our troops."

"For Marla Ruzicka," she concludes, "some might call it poetic justice."
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

Here is the rest of nasty piece of right-wing hatred at it's worst:
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17823

[capriccio]

1. Debbie Who?

I never heard of her before today, neither did a lot of others, I'd bet. Which leads me to this question: when lefty blogs turn the light on these roaches are they helping to drive them out or giving them the attention they so eagerly want. Schlussel is clearly a Coulter wannabe...and hasn't she taken a big step toward that goal with her little jig on Marla's grave? My instincts tell me it's really best to ignore these parasites, but the Left side of the blogoshpere just can't seem to resist giving them the stage for all the 15 minutes they need to parlay into book deals and cable shows.

[jakefrep]

2. She's been on Bill Maher's show before...

...and I believe she makes fairly regular appearances with Dennis Miller. Basically a right-wing slagheap.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Here's Antiwar-dot-com's (libertarian) reaction to this. . .shitpiece.

Justin Raimondo is pretty damn disgusted with Debbie Schlussel and David Horowitz:

Link:
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=5745

(snip) (scroll down to the end)
It's time to draw the line against this increasingly assertive evil – by making an example out of Schlussel. Her piece goes way over the line, and those who posted it and approved it have to take a share of the responsibility. It's time to hold these people accountable for their ugliness, and force them to clean up their act – or else. Schlussel has a column at "Conservative Town Hall" and she writes frequently for the New York Post. Write to these folks, send them a copy of Schlussel's "dance of death" column, and politely inquire as to whether this is the sort of columnist they think ought to be gracing their pages. Write to David Horowitz and demand an apology. That fat old gasbag, always so full of self-righteousness, ought to get down on his knees and beg forgiveness from Marla's staunchly Republican parents, who are prostrate with grief.

Enough is enough. We're long overdue for a little spring cleaning: let's freshen the air and take this bitch down.
(snip)


a whole lot more at the link...


:freak::freak::rant::rant:

[struggle4progress]

4. The "moral values" of the Reich: whenever you hear ...

... of the death of a person who risked life and limb in an effort to spread peace and justice, you must viciously attack that person's memory ...

I gotta stop readin this stuff after dinner :puke: