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| David Swindle. Obama Supporter and Arbiter of Who Can Comment at Frontpagemag.com |
Swindle and his socially liberal "pagan conservative" columnist/writer attacked prominent conservative blogger Robert Stacy McCain some months ago. As I recall, Mr. Pagan took the side of some feminist in a disagreement with McCain. Mr. Pagan totally misinterpreted McCain while stylishly posing as a socially liberal conservative. Instead of apologizing for his error, Pagan launched a verbal counterattack, accusing me of being Stacy's "Kilgore Trout," a mindless minion of McCain. When the heat got too much for Pagan to take, Swindle jumped in to rescue him.
I then engaged both the "pagan conservative" and David Swindle in debate at Frontpagemag.com.
I vigorously refuted both of them. For making them look like the jackasses, Swindle banned me from commenting at Frontpagemag.com. According to Swindle, pointing out the factual and logical errors in his screeds is the same as being "uncivil." NOTE: While refuting him at his own site, Swindle allowed all of my refutations and never complained that any of them were "uncivil" nor did he ever allege that I had broken any commenting rules. He only banned me after the debate was concluded, without informing me or giving any reason for the ban. The real reason for the ban is that David Swindle can't take the heat. Disagree and be banned. Sound familiar?
The really strange thing in all of this is why Horowitz hired Swindle, a recent liberal and Obama supporter, to be an editor of Frontpagemag.com -- and someone who would hire as columnist a completely unknown "pagan" of little substance with nothing important to say. Both of these individuals seemed to me to be fish out of water, illogically implanted in a conservative environment that neither seemed to fully support. What was Horowitz thinking?
Conservatives who support David Horowitz and Frontpagemag.com should know that they will be censored by same for rebutting error at Frontpage. Unfortunately, Horowitz has given too much power to a dubious "conservative" who is now behaving like Charles Johnson of "Little Green Footballs."
Note to David Horowitz: Get your house in order or lose the support of many conservatives.
I still believe that David Horowitz is a hero, a great writer and thinker, a great man. But I am deeply disappointed in his giving undue power to Swindle, who strikes me as immature, intellectually weak and suspect as to his true ideology.
I have sent my concerns about Swindle to David Horowitz through an intermediary. It probably will do no good. So be it. There comes a time when people you thought were your friends and allies reveal themselves to be something else. Perhaps some of my heroes have feet of clay after all.
7 comments:
I'll bet you're referring to this cat.
He's just another Yankee who's come to the South to show us the error of our ways, including Christianity and being Southern. Like all Neocons, he has a twisted definition of what "conservative" means.
What I'm going to say in this comment may have nothing to do with Swindle's position at FPM. But I thought I'd pass along the little bit I know.
Are you familiar with the story of Horowitz's daughter Sarah?
I'm not sure about Sarah's having a connection with David Swindle, but take a look at this.
Swindle also wrote this:
...Maybe with this new political understanding I just want to fix the world differently. Maybe I remain every bit as radical and committed to a better, more prosperous, more peaceful, more just civilization. From Horowitz’s Cracking of the Heart I’ve imbibed the spirit of his daughter Sarah Horowitz. (Read my review here.) The lesson of her life was that we must fix the world one person at a time....
By the way, Horowitz's book Cracking of the Heart received little attention.
Old Rebel, yes that has to be the guy. I had forgotten his name, as the individual is utterly forgettable. As for Swindle, you are right about him being a "neo-con." Since "neo" means new, Swindle is brand new. As recently as 2008 he was a leftist and an Obama supporter.
AOW, I haven't read "Cracking of the Heart," though I have read most of Horowitz's books. From your reference, it seems Swindle wants to find a new way to be a liberal...at our expense.
Sarah Horowitz was very liberal, so I wouldn't be surprised if she personally knew David Swindle.
In any case, Horowitz, a man for whom I have great respect, should not have Swindle on the staff at FPM. At least, that is my view.
AOW, I too had a thought about the connection of Swindle to Sarah. Could Swindle's presence at FPM be some kind of family peace offering to Sarah?
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