Shortly after Florida’s State Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Brian Blair in the race for State House District 47, Peter Schorsch of Saint Petersblog 2.0 brought up Blair’s arrest in a domestic dispute.
Never mind that the charges were dropped when it turned out that his kids were being less than truthful with police.
I would really like to see all of us raise the level of political discourse in the area, and as I mentioned last summer, using Blair’s arrest as fodder for bashing him is juvenile, and it’s probably completely ineffective in his detractors’ goals.
But to put it succinctly, that’s how Schorsch operates.
Although the idiotic post on Saint Petersblog 2.0 was published on February 1, it was ignored by nearly everyone. And it’s unlikely anything would have come from it.
Until Brian Blair threatened to sue Peter Schorsch, which is like stirring up a nest of hornets. Or is it Killer Bs?
Either way, Creative Loafing had to write about it, and now I wrote about it. I’m sure the Trib & Times will have to say something, too.
If only we could stick to actual issues…
Peter Schorsch
4 months ago
Ive published the following comments on several blogs.
Alright, I’ve about had it up to here with Tommy’s criticisms on this issue. And I guess I will use this forum to respond:
I didn’t care for his description of me a “loose blogger”. Although I really don’t really know what a loose blogger is, I ‘m pretty sure I don’t fit the definition. I think I’ve established myself as one of the state’s most prominent bloggers, so much so that I believe my work eschews the word blogging. I write. bloggins is but one component of that writing. But to call me “loose” — what the hell.
I especially didn’t appreciate that comment because I thought Tommy and I had developed a budding friendship after battlin’ against The Man, i.e. Media General over the inappropriate use of our online work.
So much for that.
But it was that friendship that kept me from responding to Tommy’s criticism in the first place. You don’t see my runnin’ around saying that, in all honesty, Tommy’s been phoning it in on Sticks of Fire for quite some time.
I guess that’s what ironic about Tommy’s criticism, his statement that he knows we can do better than what we are doing when we criticize Blair.
To that I will say, no, I can’t do better as a political activist, writer and blogger than to do what I can to keep someone like Brian Blair from winning. He is absolutely despicable, as a human being and as a politician.
And Blair’s threat of suing me is but the latest proof of that. What Tommy Duncan should be concerned about is a former elected official attempting to sue a fellow blogger.
So, in actuality, Tommy, you can do better.
tommy
4 months ago
Hey Peter…
Thanks for responding – I’m truly glad you did.
Should Blair actually follow through with his threat (and I don’t believe he will), I will support you in any way I can.
And you’re right – we can all do better.