Classical Putziness.

Picking up on TS's post, one of Putz's favorite minions, Eric at Classical Values, writes a 2,000 word post about me, the main point of which seems to be to out me as...

(cue music: da-da-DUM!) ...

...a non-libertarian!

Congrats, Eric. How'd you figure that one out all by yourself?

As for the rest of the post, I'm afraid Eric didn't get much else right.

Instaputz is one of those anonymous blogs with no other purpose than to attack another blog.

It should be obvious to anyone who can read that (a) our tagline and (b) our content disprove this. Though the right-wing's most-read blogger -- who prances around as a non-partisan libertarian and doesn't allow comments -- is a worthy target of ridicule and refutation, there are plenty of Putzen that require our attention.

Go on, Eric.

When he did this recently at Samizdata, he became so shrill and redundant that he was finally banned.

OMG, shrill! He actually called me shrill. Too funny -- what's next, calling me unserious?

And anyone who follows the link will see clearly what my comments were, in response to Jonathan Pearce's extremely silly characterization of Putz as a "broadly libertarian character." He just didn't like the fact that I pointed out:

Libertarian? Er, right.

A libertarian who hasn't voted libertarian since 2000, has voted GOP in every election since, who called libertarian Ron Paul "clueless" and whose favorite hobby is engaging in partisan attacks on progressives and Democrats.

Anyone who calls Reynolds a "libertarian" is seriously not paying attention.

So shrill! Continue, please.

It's worth noting that while he is an anonymous blogger, "Blue Texan" of Instaputz is obviously a close associate of Glenn Greenwald (who has accused Glenn Reynolds of murderous sociopathic, bloodthirsty, downright frightening right-wing authoritarianism), for he had blogging privileges at Glenn Greenwald's pre-Salon blog.

Again, brilliant detective work there, Eric. It's "worth noting" ... for what reason? Is this somehow in support of your proof that I'm not a libertarian (dah-dah-DUM!)?

Anyway...

Richard Miniter also complains about misrepresentations by Instaputz:

Instaputz twists my words to make some cheap shots. And, notice the anger and the bitterness in his voice? Instaputz could be a partisan of the left or the right, it doesn't matter. They both do this. Poor reading skills, mixed with anger and cheap shots. It doesn't portend well for the future of the country.

Instaputz claimed that "Miniter has now set the standard that only those who've been to Iraq can have an opinion about it"

But Miniter said no such thing:

Each one said that they were "frightened" by President Bush and that the war was "ugly." These are literally childish complaints.

I couldn't resist, so I asked: "When was the last time that you were in Iraq?"

Oh, they said, they would never go. It was too dangerous and so on.

But, I asked, how can you be sure if your views are correct if you haven't seen the war first-hand?

They seemed puzzled by the question.

So, posing the question "how can you be sure if your views are correct?" becomes "only those who've been to Iraq can have an opinion."

First, I thought this blog served no other purpose than to attack Putz. What's Miniter doing here?

Second, anyone who reads Miniter's question and concludes that he wasn't implying that the Code Pink Ladies didn't know what they were talking about because they hadn't been to Iraq is probably the same kind of person that thinks Putz is a non-partisan libertarian, that Dick Miniter is a non-partisan international terrorism expert, and that President Bush is a man of staggering talent and genius.

Eric goes on to say that his photoshop of Greenwald sitting next to the Next Hitler was "satire." So I'm "shrill" for arguing that Putz isn't a libertarian. But it's "satire" to photoshop Greenwald next to Hitler II.

Way to be consistent, Eric!

Finally,

I'm puzzled.

But what puzzles me the most is Sullivan's idea that Glenn is not a libertarian, but Blue Texan is.

(dah-dah-DUM!)

Eric, the fact that you're puzzled really says it all.