gjm comments on Open thread, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Still false. Easily verifiably, objectively, false.
At best, you have a reckless disregard for the truth. I'm out.
EDIT: Just to be clear for others reading this, the post has never been deleted, so anyone can check it right here. Landsburg does not call Fluke either a slut or a prostitute. He calls her an “extortionist with an overweening sense of entitlement” which is no compliment, but not a sexual slur. You will note that even Noah Smith, in his vile hit piece, does not accuse Landsburg of sexual slurs. Instead he says that Landsburg 'seemed to call pro-contraception activist Sandra Fluke a “prostitute"' (italics mine). Why this "seemed"? Because if you read the post, you'll note that Landsburg explicitly stated that calling Fluke a prostitute was wrong! Yet people who I can only assume engaged in deliberate misreading used it to accuse him of calling her a prostitute, and Smith now piggybacks on those accusations to say "seemed" about a statement that he knows is a tawdry lie - but by using that word, he can claim he never said anything false himself.
It's disgusting, and Smith, and you, should be ashamed of yourselves.