Orcinus on Donald “I stalk for a living” Luskin’s threatened lawsuit against Atrios:
What’s especially bizarre about this case is the spectacle of a guy who makes his living making personal attacks on a respected economist — many of which, frankly, border on the libelous — turning around and suing someone for being critical of his behavior. Then again, we’ve always known that conservatives can dish it out, but can’t take it.
Luskin has just proven definitively that he has no business being a blogger himself. He has earned a complete freezeout from the rest of the blogosphere — because, of course, we now all run the risk of being sued by the guy for even mentioning his name or opining on his work, not to mention allowing others to comment on it. Anyone who links to this cretin henceforth should be shunned as well.
Let me second Orcinus here: this is a deeply silly and offensive lawsuit, especially coming from somebody who is busy building a career playing attack dog. Luskin’s hounding of Krugman is bordering on the obsessive and it could be described as stalking. I won’t deny Luskin the right to criticise anyone he likes, but the way in which he criticises Krugman, it’s no wonder people joke about stalking.