drive-by linkage

[sabotabby]

I know I said I was out of here, but then I stumbled on some classic bits of internets that I just needed to share.

1. My favourite libertarian has some sage advice for women who are threatened with violence over the interwebs. Some of it is sensible, like not blogging under your real name. Some of it is paranoid, like getting a private mailbox and buying a gun.

Some of it could only have come from a lolbertarian:

• Don't whine about it. If you whine, you're a big drama queen. Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey has dealt with much worse, and you don't see her whining! (Oh, except for in the post I just linked to, and in a whole bunch of other posts following the "I'm the perfect woman" post that made her an internets celebrity.)
• Ignore them and they'll go away. (Because that worked so well in grade school.)
• Don't vote. (I'm not kidding; she actually said this. Maybe that's why the Libertarian Party is so fringe; more people would vote for them, were it not for those internet stalkers!)

Folks, it's the "she shouldn't have been wearing that miniskirt" excuse, in digital form. I love it.

2. Fred Malek, John McCain's funding co-chair, is a Jew-counting dog-barbecuer. (Hat tip: Making Light.)

Take a moment to revel. I did, and then I wondered how I could get a job as a government Jew-counter.

3. Penguins. Chasing butterflies.

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(Hat tip: Pandagon.)

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

Wow, does this mean that Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey is not her real name?

The whole not using your real name thing is good right up until you want to use your blog to publicize your works. Then it gets a bit tricky.

Penguins are awesome. They look so dumb, whatever they do.

[sabotabby]

Nope, that's her real name. She claims to regret using it now, but I doubt it.

I try to strike a compromise by only using my real name in locked posts (and even then, I'm vague about it). It's not hard to find out who I am IRL from my blog, though.

[ironed_orchid]

Yeah. My real name appears in a few very locked post, but usually I stick to my first name. However, that is rare enough that when you add it to Kant and my city, all the hits you get will probably be me.