God, Am I Smart Or What?

More than a year ago I removed all of posts that had anything to do with Debbie Schussel from Dennis the Peasant. I pronounced her batshit crazy then, and said no good could come to anyone who messed with her in any way. Now the rest of the world seems to finally be catching up to me:

Imagine, if you will, that you're a normal person and then one day a quasi-famous mentally ill blogger becomes fixated on you the way Gollum was fixated on the Ring. Even though she hasn't been setting the world on fire lately, she has been on TV, on the Howard Stern show and she's written for the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, & The Washington Times. Most people in the know realize she's off her rocker, but how many people are in the know? How many fans does she have who don't realize what she's really like?

So this person, this quasi-famous mentally ill blogger, starts claiming you support death threats against her. She tells people you're an anti-Semite. She calls your job and tries to get you fired. When she hears of  people  connected with you, she tries to contact them to lie about you. When people mention your name on the web, she shows up to tell untrue stories about you. Then, she starts going after your friends. She accuses them of supporting death threats against her and being anti-Semitic for being associated with you.

You tried ignoring her. It didn't work. You tried sincerely apologizing for offending her. Not only did it fail, she misrepresented what you apologized for in an effort to use it against you. Since she was a lawyer, you even eventually tried filing a complaint with the Michigan Bar, trying to get them to keep her from obsessively harassing/cyber stalking you;  it didn't work. You hoped, over time, the obsession with you might fade. However, four years have gone by and it's still going as strong as it was in the beginning.

This, my friends, is not a rhetorical discussion. The victim here is named Emily Zanotti. The quasi-famous mentally ill blogger I'm speaking of is Debbie Schlussel.

Here's the part lot of people don't get: Just because a crazy person hates some of the things (and people) you hate, that doesn't make them only kinda crazy. Or less crazy. Or safe to be around crazy.

Think Rand (and for that matter, Ron) Paul.

And while I hate to be the wet blanket here, it needs to be mentioned that despite Debbuh's so-called "fine work" in uncovering the Vast Muslim Conspiracy in Detroit and its environs, the fact is that anyone paying attention could have easily seen that the woman was flat-out nuts from Day One. And guess what?

Consorting with people who are flat-out nuts can lead to BAD THINGS happening.

Don't get me wrong: I feel bad that Hawkins, Zanotti and others are having the troubles they are. But it should have been very obvious to all from the get-go that Debbuh was someone to be avoided at all costs. Hawkins chose to ignore the warnings because he liked the intensity of her hatred for Muslims and the like. And now it seems to coming as a surprise to him that that's the intensity with which she hates everyone.

This ain't rocket science, kids, and it's worth repeating: You hang around crazy people and BAD THINGS happen.

BAD.THINGS.HAPPEN.

So if you ever wonder why you don't see me mocking Pammycakes these days, now you have your answer.

Comments

[Allen]

It's a shame though, some of the posts mocking those two were funny as hell. But, who the hell would want those two harpies coming after you? I would prefer the angry fat lesbians with knives over those two.

[Wm T Sherman]

Bonked her head on the glass ceiling of her own limitations. I think she's kind of narrowly educated, which is to say, uneducated. Law school = trade school.

About three or four years ago I visited her site a couple of times when other sites linked her. After that I did not go back.

The first thing I noticed was that when she would provide lnks to support her assertions, many if not most of them went to other posts, written by her, elsewhere on her site. Circular referencing. A rather semi-literate thing to do; it's the sort of thing UFO and conspiracy theorists engage in. Because of this and one or two other things, her work was not something I would have cited to support anything.

There might be something rotten in Dearborn, but she's certainly not the one to get out the story.

[So Much For Subtlety]

Yeah but you do still beat up on Amanda and Pandagon or whatever they are called. I doubt they are less bat-shit crazy myself.

[David]

Dennis: Did you ever get a nastygram from Debbie?

Wm T S: I'd add lawyerly as well, i.e., inductive and, as you said, circular. She also sounds crazy in a particularly female way: obsessive, confrontational and in desperate need of a good dicking.

[aelfheld]

Anyone dumb enough to shtup that deserves the misery that's sure to follow.

[Dennis the Peasant]

David-

Yes, as a matter of fact I did once get a CAD nastygram once for posting a photograph of her.

SMFS-

Amanda's more garden-variety stupid with a boatload of energy than she is crazy.

[badanov]

***Picture removed... Better safe than sorry. She is, after all, crazy.***

Here in case you forbid embedding pix.

[Simon]

And talking about mocking the non-crazy stupid -

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/reality-bites---lgf-volume-2/10975289

[Norman Rogers]

Yes, but Pammycakes used to be in the Main Stream Media, according to her own website--that means that there's no possible way that she could be even a tad bit crazy, or so I gather.

[Dennis the Peasant]

That was the photo (sans modifications) that got me the CAD letter!

[BillT]

Did she think you were a cad because you mentioned her rack or because you *didn't* mention her rack?

Oh. Not cad, CAD.

Never mind.

[David]

That pic isn't of a woman, it's of a product...

...like the difference between real cheese and "processed" cheese.

Schlussel reminds me of my grandmother's favorite proverb- "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while." Her website makes me think of another- "play with the pigs, get sh-t on your shoes."

(the other) David

[Nodrog]

So all Senor Yglesias needs to do to get you off his back is to go Schlussel-crazy on you (or someone else)?

The benefits of anonymous posting ...

[tas]

Even PayPal thinks PammyCakes is too crazy to deal with, which I find hilarious.

[Wm T Sherman]

If she's actually filing a lot of cease and desist orders, I would think that the court is probably familiar with her and takes her with a grain of salt.

By the way, who are these 'lawyers' that she has? Can other people see them?

[Earl T]

Ahhhh! Give Pammycakes a break! She's a bit "eccentric" but mainly in a good way! I'd be a little paranoid too, if I were in her shoes: There's some real "HardBoyz" would love to show Pammy a "good time"!?!

And besides, anyone who swings their boot at CAIR's gonies on a regular basis, and has a decent rack, deserves a smidgeon of sympathy!

[Hot Pants]

Thank you for this public service announcement. Hang with crazies, get stomped on. That is important to remember. People should remind each other of this more often.

I like Pam, though. Don't really see the crazy there - but maybe I don't know where to look. (don't want to know, either)

[Copper Quark]

Well, you're smart but you're also tardy with a new entry. How can I waste time reading blogs if they're not updated? ;) ;)

[Serr8d]

Oh, speaking of Amanda, she just earned some finder's fees...

[Bweep]

Katie Couric's legs, Hillary's bottom and Pammy's rack.....I think I probably would, even if you stuck Charles Johnson's head on there.