Blogorrhea

I’m trying to figure out what this classically passive-aggressive item written by Glenn Reynolds means. Here it is:

JEFF GOLDSTEIN CONFRONTS HOMOPHOBIA: And is undeterred.

What can this mean? So I click over to Jeff Goldstein’s site, and find some leftist troll has written a homophobic remark in the comments section. Goldstein comments:

Anyway, I‚Äôll leave this up as a public service to Andrew Sullivan ‚Äî just to let him know with whom he’s aligning himself these days. Seems it ain’t just the Islamists who might want to cut your head off, Andy.

Some quick thoughts. First (and I’m doing my best here): my name isn’t Andy. Second: Goldstein seems to be advancing the notion that there are two teams, and I’m now "aligned" with the homophobic one, i.e. the team Goldstein isn’t on. But what if someone’s approach to politics does not devolve into a moronic question of whose "team" you’re on? I know this is a difficult idea for someone like Goldstein or Reynolds to grapple with; it would require thinking, for example.

But let’s assume that Goldstein is making the point that the "left," whatever that now is, can be homophobic. He, a brave, Republican blogger, thinks I need to know this. Hmmm. That devastating insight somehow never occurred to me for the two decades in which I have been subjected to constant homophobic attacks from the gay left, accused of being the anti-Christ, a diseased faggot, a spreader of disease, my private life ransacked, my reputation lied about, my integrity smeared on a daily basis. Left-wing homophobia? Thanks, Mr Goldstein, for clueing me in. I look forward to your future receipt of slurs and innunedoes for writing what you believe. For the team! (Just don’t mention the rampant, far more virulent and empowered homophobia on the religious right, or you might forget whose "side" you’re on.)