The Least of These

Often, I think Dante was right; specifically regarding the lines in Inferno in which he describes a resident of Hell who was so evil in life that his soul drops down to the Underworld before he dies, allowing a demon to inhabit his living body.

I wonder whether such could be the case for those who harm children. Or think about it. Or even “joke” about it. For nothing is as horrible—dare I say Satanic—than even thinking about doing harm to the weakest among us. Even Jesus--the Redeemer--was at His most hardcore on this particular subject.

After an ongoing trolling of Jeff Goldstein’s site (Protein Wisdom), one Deborah Frisch—a psychology professor, no less--has crossed that line, publicly expressing her nauseating imaginings for Jeff’s two-year-old son.

"I’d like to hear more about your “tyke” by the way. Girl? Boy? Toddler? Teen? Are you still married to the woman you ephed to give birth to the tyke?
Tell all, bro!"
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"[...] as I said elsewhere, if I woke up tomorrow and learned that someone else had shot you and your “tyke” it wouldn’t slow me down one iota. You aren’t “human” to me."
***
" Ooh. Two year old boy. Sounds hot. You live in Colorado, I see. Hope no one Jon-Benets your baby.
Are you still married to the woman you humped to produce the toddler? "
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Give your pathetic progeny (I sure hope that mofo got good genes from his mama!) a big fat tongue-filled kiss from me! LOTS AND LOTS OF SALIVA from Auntie MOONBAT, if you don’t mind!
Somehow, Jeffy boy, I think you get off on the possibility of Frenching your pathetic progeny, even if it is a boy. You seem like a VERY, VERY sick mofo to me, bro.

(Emphasis mine.)

As one could predict, Jeff has gone to the authorities—both to Frisch’s employer, the University of Arizona and, no doubt, to the FBI. Additionally, I wonder what else he may have planned for Professor Frisch. I know what I would do in his place, but I hope that Jeff is more cool-headed than that; his family needs him.

Frisch has sustained massive condemnation from all corners of the blogosphere and, in spite of her bravado toward Jeff in the wake of her comments (“Bring it on, hombre!”), she has resigned from her position at U of A and has submitted a public apology, such as it is.

But Jeff’s site has been under sustained DOS attacks for days since Frisch’s dark musings--either from her or her sympathizers. That a person who “jokes” about molesting and murdering a child could actually have people so sympathetic to her “plight” that they would sabotage the site of that child’s father is what is most appalling—and telling.

These saboteurs may harbor the same type of evil notions as Frisch, however I suspect that they don’t. Likely, they are mere political partisans who disagree with Jeff’s demonstrably conservative and well-articulated stances so strenuously, that they are willing to stand with Frisch—a leftist, anti-war BDS-sufferer—and take overt action on her behalf, while overlooking her perversion and murderous intent. And it is these people—those who would give quarter to the Frisches of this world; who believe that politics trump decency—who are the most dangerous.

There have been some observers out there, however, who demonstrate a measure of compassion for Frisch. Deeming her to be an obviously ill woman, they urge her to seek professional help, and that’s fine. In fact, I'll go them one better: seek the compassion and redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ms. Frisch, before you do something that may earn you the proverbial millstone around your neck. Or the not-so-proverbial death penalty.

When I pray, one of my chief subjects is the protection of my family—most specifically, all of the children (even the ones who are broad-shouldered six-footers). I will add young Satchel Goldstein to my list.

Let it be that Frisch takes all of our advice, but if she doesn’t, there’s a photo of her floating around the ‘Net. So, Jeff, study that face, keep watch and if you see her physically trolling around your environs, remember the Air Force motto: Aim High.

Others blogging the would-be child-molester watch:

Pajamas Media
Confederate Yankee
Patterico
Rightwing Nuthouse
The Anchoress

AND:

Talk Left

Comments

[Mikey]

In the civil war, it was "aim low", to keep those loading rifled Springfield muskets from firing as soon as the stock hit their shoulders.

The concept is the same, though "aim for center mass - and squeeze, don't jerk the trigger" is also appropriate.

[superhawk]

Your statement about "all corners of the blogosphere" condemning Frisch is incorrect.

No left wing site has posted about this. And reading the comment thread at her blog, she has plenty of defenders.

For the record...

Rick Moran

http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/07/08/louder-pleasethe-crickets-are-chirping/

[AskMom]

The two faced behavior of the left as regards the threats to the little ones is nothing if not consistent with their behavior elsewhere. They pontificate against guns and hire bodyguards who carry them, they preach at us about supporting the public schools while sending their own precious offspring to private ones, they donate to planned parenthood but won't let their own daughters anywhere near the place.

Would you harm a child? Not to save my own life would I lift a hand to one of God's Angels. No decent person of any race, gender, religion or political belief would.

WHERE is the outrage of the left?

[Hank]

Baldilocks

Can one be in all 9 rings at the same time? Are there enough rings?

On second thought.

Pray for her repentence and conversion! Jesus died for her sins too No matter how much one deserves it it would rather they repent and recieve God's mercy.

[Hank]

Mikies right.

In life aim high.

With a firearm aim low center of mass.

[baldilocks]

Mikey and Hank:

Of course you are correct. But 'high,' in this case, is a relative term.

[Justin]

Clearly this woman is disturbed. But why do right-leaning bloggers (Michelle Malkin, I'm looking at you) try to dig up these nobodies and make them representatives of liberalism that liberals are supposed to denounce? The right seems to love this kind of outrage.

[Tully]

No one had to dig her up, Justin--she presented herself. Repeatedly. With death threats from her university account, where she taught as a professor of (God save us) psychology.

Is she representative of liberals in general? No. Is she representative of the ranting left blogosphere? Heh. Take a look around.

[Justin]

Is she representative of liberals in general? No. Is she representative of the ranting left blogosphere? Heh. Take a look around.

I have, and a troll in the comments section is hardly representative of the left blogosphere (do you have any examples of this from the left blogosphere, other than typical political rants? With the vile coming froming the Michelle Malkins of the world, this is hardly a game you want to play). Almost every account I've read from the right says something like "see, this is what the left does". Yeah, there's a lot of crazy people on the left, just as there are crazy people on the right. It's just a weird to me that the right will pick the zaniest person on the left and use that as some sort of proxy for what the left thinks. We're STILL hearing about Ward Churchill, after all.

[cchittleborough]

They "urge her to seek professional help, and that’s fine. In fact, I'll go them one better: seek the compassion and redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ms. Frisch."

Well said. You're a better person than I am, Baldilocks.

[Tully]

...other than typical political rants? With the vile coming froming the Michelle Malkins of the world, this is hardly a game you want to play...It's just a weird to me that the right will pick the zaniest person on the left and use that as some sort of proxy for what the left thinks.

Nice, Justin. Is that the game where anything I cite will be dismissed as "typical political rants" no matter how egregious and disgusting or whose keyboard it comes from, while anything said by anyone on the right is automatically accorded overwhelming and universal iconic signifigance? That's called "CPD," by the way. Comparative Political Demonology. Everyone can play, nobody (or everybody, depending on the goal) wins. Decline. We could both throw examples all day, by dredging with Google.

But in my experience, the left blogosphere is considerably more hyperbolic and nasty and immature than the right blogosphere, complete to a much higher prevalence of the mindless and routine substitution of profanity and scatology and ad hominem labelling for reasoned argument, and also in the infantile aggressive and expressive fantasizing of violent assault in place of substantive criticism or rational rebuttal. Obviously, your mileage varies. Everyone can make their own assessment.

[The word you want is "bile," BTW, not "vile." Vile is not a noun.]

[Justin]

No, I'm talking about personal attacks on the level of death threats etc. E.g., the right wing blogosphere threatens to post NY Times reporters' addresses so they can be "hunted", all over a fluff piece on Rumsfeld's vacation home-- you can hardly point to a mainstream liberal blog that does anything anwhere close. Sure, Kos et al. can get pretty shrill (which is why I don't read Kos), but the point you made (or strongly implied) was that this deranged professor's troll-remarks are somehow representative of what goes on liberal blogs, to which I say bull.

[did you notice the "b" and "v" are next to each other on the keyboard ;-)]

[Tully]

The personalized use of hyperbolic invective and histrionic threat is rife on the left, more common than on the right. But it's not missing on the right either. Wanna play Google? :-) CPD is a fun game when you have the time. We could do it for days one end, and never run out of material. Everybody wins! Their demons are always worse than our demons, of course. And, of course, "they" are always as fully as bad as their cited demons...while "we" are The Truly Righteous! (Sorry, the tongue-in-cheek sarcasm just comes upon me...)

Since you mention Malkin--you did know that she's been actually cyber-stalked by crazed lefty bloggers, her every movement reported minute-to-minute, her home phone and address published, her family threatened, and satellite and street level photos of her home posted on the web? To their great credit, the saner heads on the left immediately condemned it, as did the guy whose initial blogpost appears to have inspired it. I'd link to the blog entry detailing what happened, but it's on Goldstein's site, which is still down from those multiple DDOS attacks that followed up Frisch's public threats against his two-year-old.

The Malkin thing started well before the NYT incidents.

[Tully]

I wpon't critisice your tyops. I never make tyspos myslef, of cuorse! ;-)

[Teal Marie]

And, now a third DOS for PW. Vicious moonbats can't stand anybody being smarter than they are. Jeff is smarter than all of them rolled together so they threaten his child and try to silence him. Disgusting creeps sure have a lot in common with terrorists. There's no "softer" target than a 2 year old, I'm guessing.
I'm just glad he isn't old enough to know what's going on.
I send my prayers up for this excellent man and his family. May they be delivered from this evil. Swiftly.

[Justin]

Wow, I actually went and read tuff on Jeff's website--he's kind of a #*#$. Not to excuse the nutty professor, but Jeff doesn't exactly have the kind of forum that promotes high discourse.

Anybody (Jeff Goldstein) who leaves a comment on a blog thread like: "Incidentally, Tim? I touched your sister in her secret places. Lots" has already taken the fight to the gutter.

http://moxie.nu/moveabletype/archives/003392.php

[Kent]

Often, I think Dante was right; specifically regarding the lines in Inferno in which he describes a resident of Hell who was so evil in life that his soul drops down to the Underworld before he dies, allowing a demon to inhabit his living body.

There are some people for whom this sounds like an improvement.

[Tully]

Justin, if you think Goldstein is bad you haven't visited Frisch's blog. I won't link, but it's easy to find.

[Justin]

Justin, if you think Goldstein is bad you haven't visited Frisch's blog. I won't link, but it's easy to find.

Good god, you're right--terrible stuff.

[Tully]

Reminds me why I hang out on more well-mannered blogs, like this one. Regardless of their political leanings.

Methinks it's time we invented some new blogosphere categorical labels. Just to seperate diarrheal vituperation from actual, you know, rational thought.

Stop me before I suggest a rating system....the thought of Lynne Cheney and Tipper Gore slugging it out for definitional rights makes me woozy and vageuly nauseous.

[og]

Me, I try to live as good a life as I can. I try top be decent to people, and I try to leave a net improvement in my wake, no matter how small.

Where kiddy diddlers are concerned, all bets are off.

What a jagdork Frisch is.

[Veeshir]

It's a late comment but it's apropos as it's sort of OT.

If you liked Dante's Inferno, try Niven's and Pournelle's Inferno. It's pretty darn good. Instead of Dante traveling through hell it's a sci-fi writer and he's being led by, well, that's part of the story.

[torchy]

She's one sick bish

[Crckt]

Deb Frisch has turned herself into a problem. She also wants to claim victim status for herself. Lesbian adjunct professors don't make a lot of money, so she and her partner will do fine in Oregon.

I fail to see how Michelle Malkin is spewing vileness. She called it as everyone else did, both on the left and the right, and that doesn't make her a vile person nor a reporter of hate.