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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Teh Internets Sorry About That, [Insert Real Name Here]

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM

The conservative blogger who outed his pseudonymous nemesis (say that five times fast) that I wrote about yesterday has apologized for doing so.

On reflection, I now realize that, completely apart from any debate over our respective rights and completely apart from our competing views on the merits of pseudonymous blogging, I have been uncharitable in my conduct towards the blogger who has used the pseudonym Publius. Earlier this evening, I sent him an e-mail setting forth my apology for my uncharitable conduct. As I stated in that e-mail, I realize that, unfortunately, it is impossible for me to undo my ill-considered disclosure of his identity. For that reason, I recognize that Publius may understandably regard my apology as inadequate.

The pseudonymous blogger accepted the apology. Then the conservative blogger had to restate that he actually meant the apology and wasn't forced to do it. It's pretty apparent who looks worse now that the dust has settled.

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Well, I for one won't know how to feel about this whole matter until a number of other bloggers describe how they feel about how some other number of bloggers feel about how some bloggers feel about what went down, or "went down", as the kids say.

In other words, NOBODY GIVES A SHIT.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 9, 2009 at 5:03 PM

I kind of care about this, because I read Obsidian Wings and would be sad to have to enroll at his university to learn from Publius.

Ed Whelan is smart, unprincipled, and a dick. Which, interestingly, is the original criticism Publius made of Whelan that caused Ed's head to blow up with rage.

Posted by V on June 9, 2009 at 5:34 PM

I've already had a strong martini, would someone please parse that weasel-word-filled jumble from that conservative douchebag? It made no sense.

Posted by Dr_Awesome on June 9, 2009 at 7:13 PM

@3: "Whether or not my rationalizations and whining self-righteousness were correct, it turns out I was being a total dick to Publius. I sent him an apology. Of course, being a dick of that magnitude is kind of unforgivable, so I won't blame him if this apology seems kind of lame."

Posted by Lee on June 9, 2009 at 7:23 PM

Thank you.

Am I reading too much into it (or hoping for too much, maybe), or does it just smack of "I'm sorry I got caught, not sorry for what I did".

Posted by Dr_Awesome on June 9, 2009 at 7:40 PM