Last week, we told you about disgraced ex-fact-checker and serial defamer Talia Lavin trying to get liberal journalist Jesse Singal booted from Substack for being a “disgusting bigot” who hates trans people.
I think that @chick_in_kiev, most famous for having to resign from a fact-checking job at the New Yorker for falsely accusing a disabled veteran of being a neo-Nazi, should just screenshot anything I've said, anywhere, that warrants me being kicked off of Substack. pic.twitter.com/HEsmvFoNGL
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) October 7, 2021
Journalist and author Jonathan M. Katz is also on Substack, and, like Talia Lavin, he believes that Jesse Singal doesn’t belong there and that we’d all be a lot better off if Jesse Singal weren’t around:
If you've got screenshots of Singal's greatest hits of anti-trans bigotry, sloppiness, and dishonesty, now's your time to shine. https://t.co/TXrvOfxW6x
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 7, 2021
.@GLAAD put together an overview, if you are unfamiliar with Jesse's oeuvre https://t.co/i3vDOpBhPM
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 7, 2021
Yes, let’s definitely listen to GLAAD, who definitely doesn’t have a penchant for stirring up bullying and harassment of insufficiently woke liberals.
This is an … interesting angle for anyone willing to pony up briefly for a subscription pic.twitter.com/11IdvuqvaD
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 8, 2021
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 8, 2021
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We’re still not sure what Singal did that was so offensive. But maybe Singal can help with that:
It's been a few days and I'd really recommend people give the replies here a thorough read. It's really, really sick what I've been allowed to get away with over the years — just jaw-dropping stuff. We are lucky to have people like Jonathan around to defend the marginalized. https://t.co/3yO9VZo8Gj
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) October 10, 2021
Yes, Jesse Singal is truly a sick man:
Still one of the truest things ever written on this website https://t.co/kPrsY8rMry pic.twitter.com/FrF9X30acP
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Yeah, people like Jesse Singal really poison the discourse.
Good Lord, Jonathan.
I made a poster's error there, leaving up a big target for both Jesse's legions of critics and his hive of weird as shit reply guys. What I underestimated (stupidly) was how much his critics wanted to avoid engaging him or his idiot fans. It just isn't worth the hassle.
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
The other thing I learned, with just the slightest bit of searching, is the degree to which Singal has gone out of his way to appear alongside (under the guise of respectful debate) and otherwise repeatedly defend a certain Nazi kill list providing fellow blogger. pic.twitter.com/4l7q2VBDkR
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Not that it really matters what examples anyone provides. @GLAAD made an entire page cataloging his history of sloppy journalism and defenses of anti-trans figures and practices. Singal just whines about it and his reply guys laugh the whole thing off. https://t.co/i3vDOpBhPM
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Again with GLAAD, Jonathan?
But anyway, here he was admitting to harassing trans writers in 2020. pic.twitter.com/Ad4LXd8iKX
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Narrator: Jesse Singal made no such admission in that tweet.
Another interesting one. pic.twitter.com/9g2YyTyojP
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Those and other examples can be found here, in this handy compendium that Jesse's reply guys and critics all surely know by heart, but never hurts to share again https://t.co/zBXXPqJBlj
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
You should’ve quit while you were behind, Jonathan.
I mean, speaking as a journalist, I'd say Singal not only has talent but also insight. Not at all surprised he's a success. You, on the other hand …
— Francis Harris (@fharris2011) October 11, 2021
Lmao
— Jonathan M. Katz (@KatzOnEarth) October 11, 2021
Not sure what Jonathan finds so amusing about this.
Just take the L dude
— Stone Cold Moog (Spooky Version) (@MMoog38) October 11, 2021
And maybe some medication, while you’re at it.
I feel like you have some mental instabilities
— BB (@bbnwi84) October 12, 2021
Please seek help
— Dwiddur (@dwiddur) October 11, 2021
Please do, Jonathan. Because you’re clearly not OK.
The supreme irony here is that after calling for evidence of Jesse's wrongdoings to be posted and failing miserably, you post something borderline wishing death upon him. Do you realize you are the bad guy here? pic.twitter.com/dxd4eMITyt
— Peter (@pdubz_fireemoji) October 11, 2021
Jonathan Katz argues, publicly, that people should literally toast my death when it occurs.
Can you imagine if I said something 1/100000 this vile about one of my critics? There are no consequences whatsoever if you're seen as having the 'right' politics. This is deranged. https://t.co/khEuwFfsb2
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) October 11, 2021