Asinine: ow.ly/aVTZ1
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Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012Up until last week, actor Adam Baldwin had tried to give blogger Brooks Bayne the benefit of the doubt when his character was called into question, attempting to highlight any positive contributions Bayne may have made to the Tea Party cause. But Bayne has come under fire on Twitter over the past several months for anti-Semitic tweets, both blatant and subtle. He sent out these tweets this afternoon:
we get it, @bethanyshondark. you're a leftist at heart and live in the land of victimhood. and you're a jew first. that's plainly obvious.—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
do you think you're owed some sort of special status, @bethanyshondark? that's a rhetorical question. of course you do.—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
sup with all these anti-christian attacks from the jews? do we owe israel more than we've been giving? what am i missing here?—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
yes. you act like we owe you special consideration. we don't. RT @bethanyshondark: According to @brooksbayne I'm an anti-Christian bigot—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
play the victim some more. vote romney! RT @bethanyshondark: This is exactly why I'm so intent on confronting @brooksbayne 's ridiculousness—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
Baldwin had finally had it, and he stuck up for fellow Twitterers Bethany Mandel and Josh Treviño, who have been diligently hammering Bayne for his anti-Semitism.
What followed was a war of words between Bayne and Baldwin in which one man demonstrated himself to be competent, thoughtful, and capable of reason. The other … not so much. See if you can guess which man is which:
Really, @brooksbayne… RT-ing an Olbermannism? #Meltdown ~ http://t.co/feKGLzJi—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
meltdown? heh. he's friends with bethany. stop lying, you pussy romney supporter. heh.—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
It has been sad to observe @brooksbayne's needless Twitter meltdown.—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
aw, the "famous" guy is still butt hurt. he's lashing out. a guy who turned because he didn't like that i wasn't voting for romney. friend?—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
Yes, @brooksbayne: If discretion is the art of the wise, then where is to be found your discretion, or wisdom? (see also: Matthew 12:14-15)—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
Well, blocked by @brooksbayne, here. A sad end…—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
a sad end? lol. he said "farewell" last week because i wouldn't vote for romney. RT @BobHicks_: Wow. RT @adamsbaldwin: Well, blocked—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
A sad lie from @brooksbayne: "a guy who turned because he didn't like that i wasn't voting for romney." ~ Please put down your anchor, sir.—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
For a 175lbs (soaking-wet) man, @brooksbayne does talk tough. Sad.—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
@Gormogons Just sad to witness such a potential asset self-destruct into a liability.—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
175 lbs? try 200. petty. lol.—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
For the record, @brooksbayne: My so-called "turn" was inspired by what is described here: twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/s… ~ #ThatIsAll—
Adam Baldwin (@adamsbaldwin) May 15, 2012
you have my number, pussy. if you don't like me, come tell me about it. no, you were "done" last week, crybaby. remember?—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
anyway, twitter kids will continue to focus on their egos. no time for that shit. glad to know who ppl are. romney lickers!—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
Final score: Baldwin 1, Bayne 0.
Seriously, though. Brooks’ nasty tweets have no place in the Tea Party movement, and Adam was right to take him to task.
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Oh, and just for giggles, the serial tweeter decided to insult his detractors:
wtf do you do for the cause? tweet all day? lol.—
brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) May 15, 2012
The humor of that didn’t escape Leah Blair:
IRONY, THY NAME IS THIS GUY twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne…—
Leah Blair (@leahblizz) May 15, 2012
Pot, kettle … you know the drill.