[...] I mentioned here that lefty blogger “Publius” had been outed by NRO columnist Ed Whelan. Dr. Dawg (who everyone knows is John in real life, but nobody really bothers him about it) and I had a little conversation about it here, where he felt that outing Arnie as Blazing Cat Fur was ok, but that Whelan outing Publius was not. I’m still not entirely clear on where Dawg stands. After all, there was absolutely no hue or cry from the Canadian lefty-sphere when Kinsella outed Arnie, but plenty when this Publius fellow became a real person. [...]
[...] I mentioned here that lefty blogger “Publius” had been outed by NRO columnist Ed Whelan. Dr. Dawg (who everyone knows is John in real life, but nobody really bothers him about it) and I had a little conversation about it here, where he felt that outing Arnie as Blazing Cat Fur was ok, but that Whelan outing Publius was not. I’m still not entirely clear on where Dawg stands. After all, there was absolutely no hue or cry from the Canadian lefty-sphere when Kinsella outed Arnie, but plenty when this Publius fellow became a real person. [...]