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Tim Blair’s winged monkeys

Monday 24 March 2008, 8:22 pm

The Editor

Categories: Blogosphere

Tags: heroin, TerryWright, TimBlair, WingedMonkeys

Timmeh Blair’s rabid commenters are the stuff of legend all over the blogosphere. Whenever Blair writes one of his famous one-line take-downs of another blogger, all anyone has to say is “winged monkeys at 12 o’clock” and we all know what they mean: that Blair’s pet vultures will spend the next twelve hours descending on the linked site to personally attack the subject of Blair’s post with an aggression rarely seen — even on the intertubes — before disappearing once more into the night.

A Tim Blair commenter in captivity

This morning Tim Blair woke up, drank his morning International Roast, and decided to have a crack at Terry Wright of The Australian Heroin Diaries.

Terry writes a very personal blog about his battle with heroin addiction. He also writes about the politics that surround drugs policy in this country and internationally. We make no comment here about the politics, nor of Terry himself; rather, this post is to highlight the way that Blair’s readers, and Blair himself, operate.

First let’s take a look at the post.

JUST SAY MOO

If you prefer your milk laced with opiates, you may wish to visit the “Dairy of an Australian Heroin Addict”.

Pretty standard Blair fare: 20 words with all the meaning implied in the spaces between. Terry is addicted to heroin > He made a spelling error > Terry is a no-good junkie who is a worthy recipient of every ounce of scorn you’re all about to pour on him — particularly when you arrive at his site and discover he’s also (cue intake of breath) a lefty.

Fly, monkeys! Fly!

One of Tim Blair’s commenters reaches out to touch Timmeh’s stick

Winged monkey Amos was the first to divine the higher meaning of Tim’s post, and so excited was he that he cross-posted the following at Blair’s and Terry’s blogs:

[…]

There’s a reason Tim Blair linked to you, you’re a case study in why everything you believe in leads to dysfunction and misery. Good Lord your life is hell, even I felt depressed reading some of your entries, and what I find amazing, and not a little ironic, is that from a position of complete failure, you can lecture “God-fearing, right wing Australia” on everything under the sun, as if you aren’t an utter, utter fuckup and we should all respect YOUR OPINION.

Incredible.

When it was pointed out that his reading of Blair’s post seemed more than a little presumptuous, Amos stood by his gormless “assessment” of a man he knows nothing about, adding:

Terry Wright is a classic case of Narcissistic Fuckup Disorder.

Terry, showing admirable restraint under this manner of personal attack, responded to Amos’ first comment at his own blog, accepting full responsibility for his drug addiction and explaining that it began in the wake of his wife’s death. Terry also disclosed a long-term mental illness.

Amos’ reply at Terry’s blog begins with:

Ah, the ever-collectible victim card, classic offensive option A of the passive aggressive lefty…

and ends with a declaration that he is a proud member of “Howard’s Australia”. As if the odious, sanctimonious creep had to spell that out to anyone reading.

Back at Blairville, when alerted to Terry’s comment about his wife’s death and his late diagnosis of bi-polar disorder, Amos summarily dismissed the charge that he was being a bully, with a terse:

… I’ve said my piece and I’ll waste no more time on Terry the junkie…

In predictable winged-monkey style, the Blairville commenters (who would be appalled if someone made light of, say, someone else’s brush with cancer) seized on the only part of Terry’s comment that provided the opportunity for a lower blow than a shot at his addiction:

“I wrongly turned to alcohol and drugs when I woke up beside my dead wife one morning.”
Oh poor fucking Terry.

[…]

Pogria (quoted above) then contrasted Terry’s ordeal with that of Stuart Diver, who lay trapped under building debris for an incredible 65 hours next to his wife’s corpse. Since Diver’s grief didn’t lead him down the regrettable path of drink and drugs, Pogria implies that it totally negates Terry’s experience — and, of course, justifies his scorn and ridicule at the hands of the morally upright Blairites. Obviously.

Picking up on Pogria’s appalling sentiment, administrator par excréments Andrea Harris chimed in with a line of such brazen disingenuousness as would embarrass even Andrew Bolt:

“I wrongly turned to alcohol and drugs when I woke up beside my dead wife one morning.”

Wow, immediately, like he had it right there on the nightstand? You know, instead of drinking a glass of water or something, he immediately started injecting…

[…]

Yes, fuckwit: that’s precisely what Terry meant. With “administrative” judgement like this, it’s little wonder Blair’s blog is populated by the nastiest, most ignorant and least imaginative dregs of the blogosphere — and that they’re permitted to publish the kind hideous bullshit they did today.

Worst of all, however, is that permission to post this rubbish is the least of the site’s problems. Tim Blair’s “read between the lines then go forth and attack” style of blogging positively encourages this behaviour.

Think that’s unreasonable? Consider this: Blair had ample opportunity today to step in and hose down his commenters before they got too excited. Early on, when it was suggested that Amos had read a little too much into Blair’s post and he nonetheless proceeded to insult Terry further, a perfect opportunity was presented to Blair to step in and shut down what any fool could see the thread was about to degenerate into.

Did he intervene? Did he fuck.

Eventually, Timmeh posted an update to his “Just Say Moo” item:

Fixed! The Dairy is now a standard old narcotics Diary.

And with that, the Australian blogosphere’s second-most dishonest bullyboy had once again leant his tacit approval to puerile behaviour he’d instigated, which is completely and utterly beneath contempt.

A Tim Blair commenter smiles, safe in the knowledge that it has once again pleased its master

(In a GrodsCorp first this post was jointly written by The Editor and Ant Rogenous. They will attend a movie together next week, followed by a romantic dinner the week after. The relationship will be consummated later that night after spag bol, two six-packs of beer, a bottle of red, half a bottle of Scotch, and a Rohypnol.)

101 Comments

brokenleftleg (Monday 24 March 2008, 8:30 pm) #

good luck with that date guys. And good luck to Terry as well. Sure Terry has a few difficult issues he has to face daily, but it could be worse for him, he could be a Blairite.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 8:36 pm) #

I feel for Terry and some of the comments on his addiction. I have smoked and goodness knows, it’s really difficult to stop. I did stop, I now train 12km a day for my mountain climbing and glacier hiking. So I shall say this. Terry. I commend you for your courage. I wish you every success. I think you’re an inspiration to people with this addiction. Shine bright and use your knowledge to help others on this. If you feel down because people blog bad things about you, like they did to me here at this blog and wrote nasty things about me to make me feel really really bad which worked but now I’m feeling better. Get yourself up again and find the bright light in good people and find your new path in life.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 8:37 pm) #

Smoked meaning cigarettes.

1.618
Ant Rogenous (Monday 24 March 2008, 8:40 pm) #

Thanks for you comment, 1.618.

And for what it’s worth, I’m sorry someone impersonated you here during that insane thread. Please don’t take it as a reflection of this blog or the people who hang around here.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:00 pm) #

Hi ant, I kind of went strange a bit and wanted to die. For what it’s worth that means alot to me. thank you.
Ant Rogenous (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:00 pm) #

You’re welcome.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:01 pm) #

Actually, I think I was stalked by someone out there. I felt so bad.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:02 pm) #

Smiles back. Thank you for having me here spelling mistakes and all.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:08 pm) #

Damian, I don’t know you at all. Please don’t call me that. Twatt? You try ice climbing and hiking then call me twatt.

I’m no pussy when it comes to outdoor sports… Is he always this grumpy?
Damian (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:12 pm) #

Ed/Ant, I didn’t see the Blair thread related to this. I only caught what happened at Terry’s blog cos I was subscribed to comments on his last post. I’ve seen some nastiness before, but I reckon this is a new low. One comment in particular was a fucken disgrace: I guess it was intended to get that king of reaction. Anyway, seeing some of what was said at Blair’s only confirms it: fucken low.

Amos gloats about his/her comments, then re-posts them. I remember Billy Connolly saying that fuckwits were online because you wouldn’t talk to them in a pub. I may fall into that category from time to time, being a commie and so on. But fuck me. I would really love to meet the likes of Amos in a pub one day. You know, just be chatting at the bar. See how fucken tough they are when the anonymity isn’t there.

If that’s a threat of violence then sorry: I stand by that one.
Terry Wright (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:13 pm) #

Thanks Guys.

Interestingly enough, the administrator mentioned, Andrea Harris added this:

the job from home, the partner who probably does most of the scutwork and brings in most of the money, etc.

I was amazed that she can assume such things. Was she some shining example of a hard working individual. I went to her site to find out and discovered that not only is she unemployed and behind on her rent by 3 weeks but she begs for money from her readers.

If you want to contribute a few dollars to my food and gas fund feel free…

Then I find that in February, she actually started a fundraiser:
So anyway, if everyone who reads my site donated a dollar, I could… I don’t know, buy lunch. But every little bit helps.
Emergency Wheel-Spinning Fundraiser

Which she later spends on a computer!
Not bad for under five hundred bucks. And it’s all thanks to my readers and their generosity. You guys rock.

To top it off, she’s a thief as well:
Of course, I can’t connect to the internet yet — my cable internet is still out, I’m stealing some weak wireless connection just to get this up here.

This is an administrator for Tim Blair’s blog.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:18 pm) #

I donated $50 dollars. It is a no different to donations or buying a magazine.

How much does your blog like for bloggers to take the time to donate and care about others on their blog?

Don’t you care about the people who blog here?
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:20 pm) #

If you had a bit more news worthy stories here, you might get a donation.

People still can ask for donations.
Chuck A. Spear (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:20 pm) #

Great detective work there Terry. Pretty much says it all.
Damian (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:20 pm) #

Nice investigasi, Tezza.

BTW, now I’ve seen the Blair thread I have to say (in a groupthink self-satisfied fashion) how grousome Ant’s efforts were. Straight up. Fucked if I know why you aren’t banned. I lasted a few comments. Maybe Andrea is too busy pinching shit to ban leftoids these days.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:23 pm) #

Are you a self funded blog? What’s your agenda to this blog? Community group? Mega corporation? Famous? Do you have other employment?

Why did you set this blog up?

What else do you write about? Why are so many in here grumpy?
Bridgit Gread (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:24 pm) #

the job from home, the partner who probably does most of the scutwork and brings in most of the money, etc.

I think Aryan Andrea is actually describing another ‘respected’ right-wing commentator there.
Chuck A. Spear (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:24 pm) #

What’s with all the auditing 1.618?
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:25 pm) #

Hi chuck. Nice to meet you.
1.618 (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:28 pm) #

Anyway, well I will come back again, as Damian must really enjoy my posts.

Thanks for having me here, and my posts. thank you.
Ant Rogenous (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:31 pm) #

Fucked if I know why you aren’t banned.

I only go in there very, very rarely (i.e. when something infuriates me enough, like today’s effort), and I’m very careful with my manners — I don’t heed the temptation to call Andrea exactly what she is (hint: it rhymes with the surname of the man who pioneered Candid Camera) because she’s threatened me with excommunication once before.

I don’t think I’ll last if she sees our post, though.

PS: I screengrabbed today’s Blairville thread in case she decides to delete all the evidence, like she’s been known to do.
Mikey (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:40 pm) #

Ahh Timmeh. Such a stellar writer. With his 20 words or less ability to sic a bunch of employment suspect blairbolty wannabees on a fellow blogger.

Is their a walkley award for ‘who will sledge this blogger I don’t agree with’ encouragements?
Chuck A. Spear (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:41 pm) #

Does that other ‘respected’ right-wing commentator also walk sideways and dribble while holding a falafel in his hand?
Jeremy (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:42 pm) #

Oh, bloody hell. You posted this while I was doing a similar post. Also, yours is better. Damn you, GrodsCorp! Damn you to Hades!
Jeremy (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:47 pm) #

Be careful, Ed. Timmeh will notice your misspelling of “puerile” and then the monkeys will be HERE!
Chuck A. Spear (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:48 pm) #

I saw that Jeremy. Bloody groupthinkers the lot of you! Also Grods used a two pronged attack with funny pics and captions. Maybe you should think about that next time.
Bridgit Gread (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:51 pm) #

Blair’s double-standard is glaring and really tests the limits. Not that long ago he requested that a Grods comment be removed because it might be construed as a threat against his neice (and fair enough too). Not 24 hours later he’s sicking his colony of funnel-webtards onto Terry, then standing back arms folded while all manner of venom is sprayed about like graffiti.

Jerk.
Jeremy (Monday 24 March 2008, 9:55 pm) #

“Groupthink” was the word that popped to mind when I saw The Editor’s post. Except he groupthinked first.

I wasn’t going to post on it - or, ideally, Blair, ever again - but when I went back and saw that Pogria comment I just couldn’t let that pass. It’s beyond appalling.
Ant Rogenous (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:02 pm) #

Be careful, Ed. Timmeh will notice your misspelling of “puerile” and then the monkeys will be HERE!

I’ll take the blame for that typo — but thanks, it’s fixed now.
Damian (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:06 pm) #

Does that other ‘respected’ right-wing commentator also walk sideways and dribble while holding a falafel in his hand?

Chuck, for a sec I thought you must have driven past me while I was walking home last night, then I realised you said right-wing.
Damian (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:07 pm) #

Leftoid Ant makes typo! Ecstasy in Tim’s Pants.
Bourbon Boy (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:24 pm) #

Dont worry, Terry isnt the first blogger to get ‘diary’ and ‘dairy’ mixed up…..
The Editor (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:40 pm) #

Good work, Terry! Damning hypocrisy.

Sorry to steal your thunder, Jeremy. But I know you were groupthinking with us in spirit.
The Editor (Monday 24 March 2008, 10:50 pm) #

“funnel-webtards”

That’s awesome, Bridgit. I reserve the right to use that at some point in the future just long enough from now that it might look like I made the term up.
Bridgit Gread (Monday 24 March 2008, 11:35 pm) #

I’ll invoice you for royalties.
EC (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:47 am) #

What Brigit said (27) and sending some virtual support your way Terry. Don’t let the bastards get you down.

After 5 hours of homework (the fracking essay thing is written!) 1.618 is freaking me out a bit.
wronwright (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 3:07 am) #

Nothing personal ladies. We just like to have a little fun at the expense of the loonier of the leftwing.

I didn’t actually read the thread on Terry Wright, so I’m not aware of what was said. I do wish him well.
Bron (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 10:01 am) #

Timmeh and his attack dogs…monkeys, whatever, are really fucking awful.

That 1.618 is freaky. Talks about some “stalker” then proceeds to stalk on this blog. Go figure.
Bron (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 10:03 am) #

Oh, and Terry, good sleuth work on Andrea. What a hypocrite and a tool she is.
Bruce (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 11:47 am) #

Geez. I take a break from the intertubes for a while and just pop in for a look-see and this is what I find. Cripes.

Calling it like I see it: Desperate-for-marketability, right-wing journalist fishes for Media Watch to raise his profile now that he can’t rely on the Liberal far-right to successfully pre-sex-up the stories he groupthinks from them.
Terry Wright (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:11 pm) #

What a classic…

I did a search for “Pogria” and up came some pics. I assume it’s her because it’s in her name: Pogria / Familyfoto

LOL, what a fucking POG!

Also I notice that ;;;; skipped bath time again and instead comments at Blair’s site that I am a loser. That is low to be called a loser by a man who once a month puts an old boiler out in the backyard and bathes in it and calls it personal grooming. C’mon hillbilly, you don’t need your ~~cousin~~ wife to remind you to have a bath.

…Sorry, a bit of angst has built up.
Water Dragon (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:13 pm) #

Having experienced a brief foray by Blair’s “winged monkeys at 12 o’clock” myself, I think Terry did well.
Juvenile abuse was hurled at me (when I told the “kiddies” that I was enjoying their misquotes, urban myths etc. concerning climate change) which only increased my facinated enjoyment of the nonsense being typed.
Best thing to do is let them know that you find their comments risible, then sit back and enjoy the threat displays.
THR (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:22 pm) #

Yeah, I think Terry handled it well also.

Has Blair started allowing people to register and comment on his blog, or is this still unavailable? I noticed Ant got through the bogan firewall.
Bron (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:22 pm) #

LMAO @ Terry’s Pog find!!

Water Dragon is right - sit back and watch with amusement.

It seems that Timmeh/Bolta and their drooling sicko monkeys are going through the blogosphere in search of left-leaning blogs to have a mock at.

What a life.
Ant Rogenous (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 12:28 pm) #

THR, I signed up a few months ago when Blair had registration open for a couple of days.

Apparently every time he opens it up, some dickhead who’s been banned several times for spamming the site with porn links registers a couple of new pseudonyms and starts spamming all over again.

As much as Blair and his administrator disgust me, under these circumstances I can’t say I blame them for keeping site registration closed most of the time. It’s just a pity for the rest of us.
Yobbo (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 3:24 pm) #

People who criticise other bloggers over spelling sure are fuckwits, eh?

http://theaustralianheroindiaries.blogspot.com/2008/03/equality-wins-in-spain-americanazim.html
Terry Wright (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 4:22 pm) #

I just gotta do this so please bear with me.

My site and it’s topic are controversial. My opinions about the ultra right, draconian drug policies and hateful bogans are harsh. My comments are sometimes confrontational. This is part of the what The Australian Heroin Diaries is about.

Sharing bandwidth with a heroin addict is probably not what some here find comfortable and I understand that. I never intended to get involved in political debate on sites like this originally but was more focussed on the MSM and politicians. I wanted to draw attention to drug policy and how the US “War on Drugs” effects the whole world in different ways. I wanted to expose the religious right for their influence on the government of the time and how it dictated drug policy. A policy that does much more damage than it does good. Part this “project” was to have a ~~dairy (mooo)~~ diary that showed how thousands of people live daily and hopefully help others who are also trying to deal with addiction.

If you read carefully you will realise I don’t actually use heroin much at all. I had previously been on methadone for nearly 10 years with only small periods using heroin. I am basically just like 90% of methadone patients. When I started The Australian Heroin Diaries I was in the middle of the 2nd most depressive period of my life but I am now more stable, off methadone and on pain medication like 100s of thousands of people. The only difference is I have decided to use heroin from time to time as a relief from depression until another medication works more effectively. I made this decision ONLY because I will be on legal opiates probably for the rest of my life.

So to wrap up any misconceptions, I am technically NOT a heroin addict but a recovering addict. Like over a million Australians, I have a substance abuse problem and I am being treated professionally. The decision for the minor heroin use is fully supported by the various doctors and specialists I see.

I sincerely thank everyone who gave comments of support. I was rattled and it did get me down (especially about my deceased wife) but I knew it was coming one day. I do push hard sometimes to get debate going or to attract new people to my site. Anyone who openly declares to be a heroin addict and having a blog called The Australian Heroin Diaries is going to get schhhhtick sometime. You guys still didn’t judge me on that and some went out of their way to defend me rigourously in hostile territory. Some here also left encouraging messages on my site. So I promise this is the last time - THANK YOU.
The Editor (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 4:31 pm) #

No worries, Terry. I think the kind of writing you get up to takes a lot more guts than the pithy shit we pump out here.

We value the contributions you make around here as well.
The Editor (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 4:34 pm) #

Yobbo: People who criticise other bloggers over spelling sure are fuckwits, eh?

Blair wasn’t criticising Terry for his spelling — that was just a front. He was criticising him for being a recovering heroin addict.
Ant Rogenous (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 5:01 pm) #

And a lefty.
Terry Wright (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 5:03 pm) #

Yobbo: People who criticise other bloggers over spelling sure are fuckwits, eh?

http://theaustralianheroindiaries.blogspot.com/2008/03/equality-wins-in-spain-americanazim.html

It was about using “z” on purpose instead of “s”, you know … American spelling from patriotic Austramericans from Australia.
- -

Also I notice that ; is getting even more excited over on Blair’s site since I exposed him for missing this month’s bath.
Bron (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 5:05 pm) #

Want to protect yourself from Timmeh’s scathing humour and attention?

Become a gutless wonder like Timmeh himself.
Damian (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 5:06 pm) #

You know, it’s worth reading ;;;;’s stuff just for the chance to log in here and write ;;;;.
Bron (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 5:06 pm) #

Also I notice that ; is getting even more excited over on Blair’s site since I exposed him for missing this month’s bath.

Everyone got their raincoats and wellies on? I have a spare umbrella if anyone needs one…
Mikey (Tuesday 25 March 2008, 10:54 pm) #

Yeah good on your Terry for your bold blogging.

They can all go and fuck themselves. They’ve clearly never experienced the raw combo of losing a loved one and grappling with addiction. Lucky them.

Fucktards.
Jeremy (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 2:39 pm) #

Andrea’s got cranky:

“MrLefty, Ant Rogenous, and Emily P are old trolls whose membership was allowed to continue out of Tim’s generosity. They would do well to remember that.”

Trolls?!

Is “troll” just a synonym for “someone who disagrees with me”, now?
The Editor (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 2:41 pm) #

Is “troll” just a synonym for “someone who disagrees with me”, now?

Yes.
Ant Rogenous (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 2:49 pm) #

As noted in the post, she gives Andrew Bolt a run for his money in the Disingenuousness Derby (which, incidentally, is also known as the Cocks’ Plate).
The Editor (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 2:51 pm) #

You’re a walking pun, Ant.
Ant Rogenous (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 2:51 pm) #

Yes. I slay me.
Terry Wright (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:09 pm) #

She’s a disgrace! What a nasty piece of work she is.

She has also banned THR and Stuntman Bob for hurting poor wittle h;llb;lly even though they were only ripping apart his vile comments as bullshit. These 2 along with Jeremy, Ant, EmilyP & Meanperson just ran riot over the local Blairites. Man it was funny. It took a moderator to stop the carnage of the locals. Well done guys!

But why wasn’t the h;llb;lly banned?

Arrr, because they are both unemployed, beggars, racists, liars, bullies and masturbators. Yep, laptop on the bed open at Blair’s site, pants around the ankles, on their knees and ush… ush …ush … arrrrrr err. Oh Timmeh … I Love Yoooouuu

Read about Andrea Harris the Administrator begging for money here if you missed it.
Bron (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:28 pm) #

Terry, I love the way you write, but you just gotta stop being so… vivid!
Bron (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:36 pm) #

Haha, love this last comment from Andrea:

By the way, I still don’t understand the thing about the Scottish restaurant. Also, I don’t really care.

If you don’t really care, Andrea, then why make another post declaring you still don’t understand the Scottish restaurant reference?!

Translation: I really want to know what the Scottish restaurant reference means, but I don’t want to appear too interested, so I’ll add another sentence saying I don’t care - and then the fools will think I’m a tuff chick - even though I’m really not. But they can’t know that. They mustn’t know that. No, my integrity and honor is at stake here. Now, who else can I ban? Who cares if it’s Tim’s blog? I’m the moderator, I take these liberties and to hell with what Timmeh might think. But I still want to know what they meant by the Scottish restaurant thing. Hmmmm. WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?! I’m DYING to know - but they mustn’t know that.
Bron (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:38 pm) #

I spelled “honor” the American way. I think I got a little to close to Andrea’s brain. It scared me a lot. Haven’t seen such ugliness in some time.
Bridgit Gread (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:46 pm) #

But why wasn’t the h;llb;lly banned?

You won’t see the Blairites rushing to defend ;;;;, Terry, they think as little of him as we do. To most of his fellow right-wingers, ;;;; is like the embarrassing retarded cousin who occasionally sneaks out of the broom closet at family dinners, then proceeds to defecate on the rug.
Bron (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:55 pm) #

That’s right, Bridgit. And thank you for not adding what he does after defecating on the carpet.
Ant Rogenous (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 4:56 pm) #

Suffice to say, he calls the act a “Mount Mee Steamer”.
John Surname (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:01 pm) #

What I found hysterical is ;;;;’s denials that the site is his, yet he offers up excuses for them, even going so far as to dig up something Bridgit said specifically to him. He reckons he can’t defame her, yet he’s too scared to do it under his own name. Even worse, he repeatedly tells all and sundry that the site is hers. How dishonest do you like your idiots?
Terry Wright (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:02 pm) #

Bron: Terry, I love the way you write, but you just gotta stop being so… vivid!

Thanks Bron, never had a complement about my writing, being a degenerate junkie and all. How about this from BG -

BG: is like the embarrassing retarded cousin who occasionally sneaks out of the broom closet at family dinners, then proceeds to defecate on the rug.

It just gets better all the time!

BTW. If you haven’t already, please, please, please check out how THR, Stuntman Bob, Meanperson etc. ripped apart the locals at Blairsville. It’s way too funny.
The Editor (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:04 pm) #

“Mount Mee Steamer”.

Laugh? I nearly had a hernia.
Terry Wright (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:20 pm) #

EmilyP: daddy dave, it’s not your job to tell us to “f— off”, it’s Andrea’s. But like Iain Hall she’s obviously busy with work…

Magic … Go girl!
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THR: This coming from a greasy, unassimilable immigrant, whose main hobby is blog-stalking, and creating noddy cars on the taxpayer’s time.

daddy dave: THR, your post is vile unwarranted racism and abuse against another commenter.

What!!! A racist remark on Tim Blair’s website. Extraordinary!
Terry Wright (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:29 pm) #

EmilyP: Hey Amos, quick tip - when you’re going to accuse a legion of people of gross stupidity, try learning where apostrophes go first. Might make you look a little less like a dick.

Bron, you’re so right. The more I see that comment from Andr;a - the funnier it gets. It beggars belief!
THR (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:33 pm) #

Blair’s gone all PC. Noddy Car makers are a protected species, and he’s hosting a forum for oppressed bikers and blogstalkers.
Bridgit Gread (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 5:47 pm) #

There sure was some funny stuff on that thread, well done to all involved. And Terry, love your work skewering ;;;; across at Hallwatch.

We could turn this into a sitcom, Everybody Hates Noddy or something.
Bridgit Gread (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 6:49 pm) #

I will be continuing to blog here as per normal, so as they say in the movies rumours of my blogging demise are grossly overstated.

Translation: “Today I’ve had my arse kicked from one side of the Internet to t’other - but never fear! I am still a knob.”
Terry Wright (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 8:09 pm) #

I will be continuing to blog here as per normal, so as they say in the movies rumours of my blogging demise are grossly overstated.

Who said this BG?
Bridgit Gread (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 8:29 pm) #

;;;;, the Colonel Klink of the blogosphere.
Chuck A. Spear (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 9:27 pm) #

What I want to know is what movies talk about the emoticon addicts blogging demise? In fact, what movies talk about anyone’s blogging demise?

As they say in the mental ward, “you sir are making this up!”
Jeremy (Wednesday 26 March 2008, 11:58 pm) #

” “Mount Mee Steamer”.

Laugh? I nearly had a hernia.”

Me too. Ant’s a national treasure.
Damian (Thursday 27 March 2008, 12:04 am) #

I’m still enjoying the “Cock’s Plate”.
Damian (Thursday 27 March 2008, 2:08 am) #

Just saw Colon’s post. Penny dropped.

Are there any movies in which they say, “I am a twat”?
skeptic (Thursday 27 March 2008, 8:44 am) #

Shouldn’t you be … forming picket lines around McDonald’s restaurants?

Maybe Iain could co-moderate this blog with Andrea in between cashing his dole cheque at the local Scottish restaurant that we are all dancing merrily around?

Um, how thick is Andrea? I thought everyone knew what the Scottish restaurant meant. In fact, I’ve been calling it for years now, always gives me a chuckle.
John Surname (Thursday 27 March 2008, 9:19 am) #

So thick she locked the post because it’s full o’ stinkin’ lefties who had the upper hand.
Bron (Thursday 27 March 2008, 9:48 am) #

So thick she doesn’t know the difference between genuine “trolling” and genuine “freedom of speech” that she loves so much.
THR (Thursday 27 March 2008, 10:01 am) #

She knows the difference, and that’s precisely why she shut it down. There are few actual debates on Blair’s blog (these would lead to all kinds of embarrassment for the winged ones), just snarking matches, and the lefties were winning even these.
skeptic (Thursday 27 March 2008, 10:14 am) #

I was banned by Andrea quite a while ago now because I called her a Chicken Hawk.

I think the actual comment was “… but you’re not a chicken hawk, are you Andrea.”
Bron (Thursday 27 March 2008, 10:18 am) #

Well, who could blame Andrea for getting upset at the suggestion that she’s a hybrid?

(What made you say that to her, skeptic?)
skeptic (Thursday 27 March 2008, 10:50 am) #

It was during a ~~discussion~~ slanging match where, from memory, Andrea was being all tough and gung-ho.

So her response to the slightest criticism was typical of her gutless and cowardly behaviour.
Bron (Thursday 27 March 2008, 11:35 am) #

Andrea has to be all tough and gung-ho. She hasn’t got much else going for her.

Purr.
Zombie Mao (Thursday 27 March 2008, 12:01 pm) #

since I am now banned from commenting on A western Heart, does that mean i am official lefty scum now?

DO I get a medal?

A Nice shiny one?

My heart swells with pride.
Terry Wright (Thursday 27 March 2008, 1:05 pm) #

This the is most obvious example of “taking your toys and going home”. Andr;a the Beggar has come in with some snerpley comments herself, let the natives go wild and when the locals are challenged by the folks here, she bans them and shuts the post down.

I have to say, she shits me like no other. Her comments are as transparent as her attempts are to scam money from her readers.Just out of respect for those who fought so hard to only have their access taken away, here’s a short round up of what others also think of Andr;a:

BG:

Andr;a - “Today I’ve had my arse kicked from one side of the Internet to t’other - but never fear! I am still a knob.”

…good sleuth work on Andrea. What a hypocrite and a tool she is

Skeptic:

Um, how thick is Andrea? I thought everyone knew what the Scottish restaurant meant. In fact, I’ve been calling it for years now, always gives me a chuckle.

So her response to the slightest criticism was typical of her gutless and cowardly behaviour.

Bron:

Andrea has to be all tough and gung-ho. She hasn’t got much else going for her.

So thick she doesn’t know the difference between genuine “trolling” and genuine “freedom of speech” that she loves so much.

If you don’t really care, Andrea, then why make another post declaring you still don’t understand the Scottish restaurant reference?!

Translation: I really want to know what the Scottish restaurant reference means, but I don’t want to appear too interested, so I’ll add another sentence saying I don’t care - and then the fools will think I’m a tuff chick - even though I’m really not. But they can’t know that. They mustn’t know that. No, my integrity and honor is at stake here. Now, who else can I ban? Who cares if it’s Tim’s blog? I’m the moderator, I take these liberties and to hell with what Timmeh might think. But I still want to know what they meant by the Scottish restaurant thing. Hmmmm. WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?! I’m DYING to know - but they mustn’t know that.

John Surname:

So thick she locked the post because it’s full o’ stinkin’ lefties who had the upper hand.

More scamming:
I also notice she is having ANOTHER fundraiser! This time she wants $1500 from her readers. Does this unemployed bum have no shame?
Ant Rogenous (Thursday 27 March 2008, 1:37 pm) #

Terry, I don’t want to sound like an officious twat, and I certainly share your feelings about Andrea’s appalling conduct and ethics, but I reckon we should lay off her.

I’ve been very critical of Timmeh’s reluctance to step into his own threads and hose down situations that are getting a too spiteful, and I’d be a bit of a hypocrite if I didn’t do the same here.

Again, I apologise if I sound like a prick, but she’s probably copped enough of a serve now.

Ant Rogenous, Administrator
Damian (Thursday 27 March 2008, 2:25 pm) #

Actually, I agree with Ant. No need for winged monkeys of the Grods kind.

But Ant, what about ;;;;?!
THR (Thursday 27 March 2008, 2:59 pm) #

But Ant, what about ;;;;?!

Oh he’ll be back. He’s probably sitting in his Noddy car, helmet on, soothing his wounded pride, and working out ideas for his next fake blog retaliation.
Terry Wright (Thursday 27 March 2008, 3:05 pm) #

Ant Rogenous, Administrator

This is all about that magic word, “Administrator”.

It is a bit off putting to see a post on Blair’s website that is all about myself. Fair enough some buffoons burbled me and some were pretty off but one of the nastier comments was from the site’s “administrator”. Andr;a the “administrator” let it roll on until it started moving away from her preferred outcome. This prompted the “administrator” to flex unwarranted control by banning some people over legitimate comments and shut the post down. A really poor performance from a so called “administrator”.

That being said, I accept that you, being this site’s “administrator” is acting appropriately by requesting I stop my need to vent my dislike for this person. You are right and it ends here. This is the difference between “administrators” acting responsibly and “administrators” who don’t.

BTW, I am still not going to donate to her fundraiser.
Chuck A. Spear (Thursday 27 March 2008, 3:14 pm) #

I think you will find that most people who Blair attacks directly and indirectly (through the guise of his commenters) totally ignore him Terry.

I’d leave it be. Today is a new day, onwards and upward as they say in the movies or Barbeque what barbecue?
Ant Rogenous (Thursday 27 March 2008, 3:14 pm) #

Terry, I was taking the piss by giving myself that pompous title! And as I said, I do share your disdain for Andrea and her conduct — on the intertubes, people can only be judged on the basis of what they write, and I’m afraid she gives a very poor account of herself.

But thanks for not calling me an arsehole — or a worse name that also begins with A.
Chuck A. Spear (Thursday 27 March 2008, 3:20 pm) #

You’re an arsehole Ant. The reason why is because you post too quickly.

Chuck A. Spear, Orthographic imbecile
Terry Wright (Thursday 27 March 2008, 3:52 pm) #

Ant, I thought the Administrator title was in case there was retribution from Tiny Tim or Andr;a the mental giant. You could show you did your bit to fan down the vulture wars.

It is always handy to have an “official warning” given to someone so you can show you are not just a loving, caring, sharing administrator but a responsible one as well.
Ant Rogenous (Thursday 27 March 2008, 4:09 pm) #

The Vulture Wars! Gold.
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