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The Charles Johnson Saga Continues

The Charles Johnson saga continues unabated, this time with Stacy McCain returning fire for the first time. [1] And a substantial piece of artillery it is, too.

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Robert Stacy McCain

Charles Johnson’s gutless passive-aggressive act — outrageously libeling me, trying to prevent me from reporting on the 9/12 March on DC [3], and then falsely claiming that I am attacking him — has been permitted to continue too long. Honest people are now compelled by simple decency to denounce him as the craven, sadistic liar he is. Contrary to anything Mad King Charles may tell his dwindling pool of yet-to-be-banned readers in their “private [4]” discussions, this engagement began when Johnson attacked my friend Pamela Geller [5] for her attendance at the October 2007 Brussels conference [6]. Though I was not involved in that dispute, as I told Pamela in a brief phone conversation this morning, I now regret that I did not immediately leap to her defense.

Pamela Geller [7] is a brave woman who can fight her own battles without my aid, but by the time I finally spoke up — in November 2008 — Charles had already irrevocably committed himself to the disgraceful campaign by which he has since destroyed his own reputation and influence [8]:

And, well, it goes on from there.  You get the general idea of the thing.

The fact of the matter is, Charles is out of his depth.  Delinking Pajamas Media [9], (whom I also write occasional articles for) was what really caught my attention on all of this.  He’s lost it; there’s no other way to read this.

With that ignorance, Johnson has been successful in turning one of the more popular and influential sites on the web into something significantly less than that.  It’s sad to see Charles Johnson go the way of Saint Andrew (the Incontinent) Sullivan. [10] Like Sullivan, Charles Johnson’s popularity, along with that of the site, is directly linked to how closely he aligns  himself and his site with the conservative movement.  Given the height of the flames currently consuming that particular bridge,  the outcome of this thing is eminently  predictable, to the point where I don’t even have to tell you what that outcome will be.

You already know.