Answering questions from partisans.

In a desperate attempt to puff up his traffic, Atrios has once more unleashed his savage commenters. This time this blog is the target. Why does Atrios not distance himself from his despicable "community"? I am not an eighth of the way through the comments and already I am appalled by the sexist crap:

Never attribute to stupidity what can be attributed to sycophancy.

Save us, Altmouse!

Indeed. And surprised with the blogger quoted that Plamegate isn't being mentioned more in this context.

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That last comes from a commenter named "Woot." "Woot" is an inherently sexist term. How shocking. But it is the raw and unpleasant sexism of the third commenter that I find most outrageous. I suppose Atrios will call this kind of joking "ironic." The Democratic party has a long, long way to go to convince me they are in favor of women, led as they are by such anti-female figures as Atrios and Hillary Clinton.

But it is this comment from Atrios that is the most frightening:

Magic 8 ball sez on prospect of Althouse providing a satisfactory answer to Ted's question: all signs point to no.

"Magic 8 Ball"? I cannot tell if that refers to how much Atrios hates women or how much he hates America.

I believe that my analysis of this issue should answer "Ted's" question to the satisfaction of everyone, except partisans.

UPDATE: Atrios's "real" name is supposedly "Duncan Black." I find it appalling that a prominent liberal blogger has adopted such a racist surname.