Hillbuzz seems to be a great blog in need of some support. I'd encourage people to support them. Fighting certain fights out here can be tricky. One needs to use their head. Never pick up your enemy's spent ammunition and try to throw it back at them. Remember, it was aimed at you in the first place and certain types of ammunition retain that quality no matter who's shooting it.
When Stacy McCain was attacked by Charles Johnson he did precisely that. It makes a blog skirmish lose lose for someone, as you're only giving more air to the type of thing someone is using to hurt you in the first place.
I'm not suggesting people shouldn't fight back. I always do. But one important bit of advice, turn your tables on your attackers even when requesting any support you might need. Don't recycle their attacks over and over, as you're actually just damaging yourself in the process.
I've been called just about anything one can imagine out here by more people than I can count. You never really see me engage it, or try to defend it, especially as I know it isn't true. I just hit back harder and keep my eye and ammunition on the target. It works.
Hillbuzz's issues seem a bit more serious and I did look into the source of the attacks, etc. They're coming from the more subterranean filth on the Left. No point in linking them and giving them the exposure they crave. It's a sick bunch of hateful people and has mostly always been, unfortunately.
On the other hand, Hillbuzz seems to be staffed by some great folks. You can help support Hillbuzz here. It's a smart, solid blog. h/t the ever adorable Cubachi.
... don't start a fight you can't finish yourself to your own satisfaction.
Self-reliance.
What you talk about, do. What you cannot do, do not talk about.
Posted by: David R. Graham | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 01:16 AM
I've read there site and they are good at what they do and can be hard hitting. However they have to do some soul searching and realize Hillary is an Alinsky follower as well.
I pray nothing happens to them but they need to cut the ties from the DNC and the progressives for good.
I'm telling you the progressives are going to resort to full scale violence. They're too close to their BS goals.
Enemies foreign and domestic: Islamists and Progressives.
Posted by: USMC | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 06:50 AM
There's a really good post over at C4P that discusses the attacks on the HillBuzz Boyz.
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/01/stand-up-for-hillbuzz.html#comments
Posted by: Kentucky Colonel | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 08:41 AM
The attacks on Hill Buzz are straight from Leftist guerrilla warfare manual. A bigger mistake than recycling their ammo is not responding. Stay calm, get facts straight, and hit back steadily, evenly dispassionately. Use Socratic style, but mix it up with an occasional flaming spear at their underbelly of hypocrisy. Keep them off balance. Don't be afraid to enjoy yourself, use humor. Hebrew proverb: "there is joy in the destruction of the wicked." They hate joy -- drives them crazy.
Posted by: rrpjr | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Dan, did you see that Chucky and some Bride of Chucky unknown to me are planning on starting some sort of network of bloggers devoted to bashing and "exposing" the lies of FoxNews. Supposedly they are also developing some new, super atomic software to aid in this pursuit.
Posted by: SallyVee | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 11:27 AM
I think the lefties are particularly obsessed with these guys due to the Chicago connection. They are the ultimate insiders and are fans of no one in Obama's crowd. They spent years around the Daley machine and have no trouble telling what they saw.
Posted by: ktgreat | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Yeah, saw that, Sally. Guess Chucky needs to find another traffic gimmick.
Posted by: Dan Riehl | Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Sorry if I don't trust all PUMAs, but I'd like to know why Hillbuzz "outed" two Illinois Republicans, including Mark Kirk, who was supposed to be the Republican frontrunner? Yes, they said it was to save the party from embarassment later, but the sexuality of the two men and supposed tactics of the Dems seems like it may have been based on cocktail chatter. Why not discretely contact the campaigns of the two men with this info? Now, Andy Martin and the Chicago Sun-Times are running things about Kirk being a closet gay. Does this help us?
hillbuzz.org/.../what-chicago-democrats-are-planning-to-do-to-out-republicans-mark-kirk-and-aaron-schock/
Posted by: Dina | Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 04:36 PM