I protest.

Michael Weiner's legal temper tantrum.

Don Waller, cofounder of Take Back the Media and editor of Blah3.com has written an editorial about Michael WhinerWeiner's lawsuit of TBTM, SavageStupidity.com and MichaelSavageSucks.com entitled "What is the Weiner lawsuit against TBTM really about?." The subtitle of the piece pretty much says it all:

Here's a hint - if they could, they'd stop me from telling you.

I knew Weiner was a piece of work, his namecalling of Ashleigh Banfield was proof enough that he was not worth paying even a moments' attention to, but this lawsuit goes past the inane into the vile. It's pretty transparently an attempt to spend those whom he doesn't like into oblivion. As the editorial puts it,

We should get something straight here - this isn't about any of the charges in the lawsuit. It's not about loss of revenue, it's not about trademark infringement or defamation or damage to Weiner's reputation. It's not about any of these things.

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It's about a radio blowhard with pitifully thin skin, whose radio show is failing miserably, and whose TV show can't even finance itself through national advertising due to its toxic, stunted, hateful, pathetic content, taking out his failure on web sites who speak truth to power. It's about boosting ratings, and providing talking points, and throwing red meat to a tiny audience who can't raise themselves out of bed in the morning unless they have a target for their festering hate.

It's about a small-minded bully who has raised professional victimhood to obscene levels. It's about a loudmouth who regularly rants about the evils of 'trial lawyers' hiring batteries of those same evil trial lawyers to intimidate and silence people with a lot less money.

Despite the fact that the Gay and Lesbian alliance has gone after Weiner to a much greater degree, he has targeted these three site because they are tiny:

All three sites are tiny operations. TBTM, with a staff of four people, is the biggest of the three. SavageStupidity is run by a huband and wife, and MichaelSavageSucks is a one-man shop. By filing suit against 3 web sites where the principals barely have two dimes to rub together, the chances are better of a slam-dunk for the plaintiff.

Don continues,

The difference between GLAAD and TBTM is this - GLAAD has the resources to mount a vigorous defense against a harassment suit such as this without bankrupting themselves, and Weiner is quite simply afraid to try and attack someone who might actually be able to fight back.

In the best tradition of bullies everywhere, Weiner is picking on someone whom he thinks can't fight back. It is important that these folks win this or it could well have unfortunate side effects for all of us.