1 Some are trying to put the focus on the two bloggers' dispute. That's not the real matter at hand here. People have disputes all the time. I can't see where Deignan was outwardly rude and BitchPHD was simply a weasel for deleting Deignan's comments. But that's business as usual on the web. It's the guy who called Deignan's advisors that should be the focus of the issue. The best comment there was the response BJS gave to Andrew Purvis: " .. how does tenure play a necessary role .." Why, of course, nothing. That is why the female (untenured faculty) in the matter is fighting to remain anonymous. And the PhD student (untenured) was reprimanded by his superiors. Subtle note of sarcasm there.

2 I screwed up my blockquote, but I think it's easy enough to figure out that I was tryng to blockquote BJS as well.

3 Let me reiterate for those who might not have gotten the memo: Liberals are scum and should all be shot.