Adam Baldwin backs up fellow Twitterers, incurs anti-Semite's wrath

Sarah D. | 8:01 PM on May 15, 2012

Up 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:

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202501469851758592

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202501644880056320

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202506619978911746

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202509165472657408

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202511897474506752

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:

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202509630558056449

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202512750948253697

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202512088155959296

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202514585524248578

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202514924587597824

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202515772445171713

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202518489309773824

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202518828889030656

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202516588476375040