Irony of ironies: Libelblogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs whines about being libeled

Libelblogger and CAIR tool Charles Johnson is whining at his hard-Left hate site Little Green Footballs about, of all the things that this utterly contemptible human being could be whining about, being libeled.

This is rich coming from a man who claimed that Pamela Geller and I support "fascism, violence, and genocide."

One thing you can say about Charles Johnson: he knows libel. He's an experienced practitioner.

(Paste the links into your address bar; the notoriously thin-skinned libelblogger doesn't allow links from sites that tell the truth about him.)

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, I've never liked Charles Johnson and I think anti-jihad activists made a mistake of getting to cozy with him and his ilk. He has always been a left-liberal and his opposition to jihad was only nominal at best. His rank hatred toward those who suggest that Muslims should be banned from the West show where his loyalties lay (i.e. with the multiculturalist left). He is a liberal dhimmi and useful idiot for CAIR, what more needs to be said at this time?

Well it looks like he actually is getting libeled, and I think it would be good to acknowledge that in addition to pointing out his hypocrisy. Maybe one day he'll realise this guilt-by-association crap is the same stuff he was pulling on Mr. Spencer and Ms. Geller.

Mr. Johnson wasn't always like his current incarnation, I don't think. Unless I was just fooled for a very long time. I got banned a while ago from his site after defending Mr. Spencer during the accusations of supporting genocide via facebook. My crime? I voted up (gave a +1 thumb rating) two comments made by someone else who also agreed that the conclusions about Mr. Spencer were hasty at best.

I didn't know you could get banned for giving a positive rating to someone who disagreed with Mr. Johnson's conclusions. And no, I hadn't given any negative ratings to anyone who disagreed with me. I merely gave two positive ratings and I was banned.

Ironically, I was banned while writing an "goodbye I'm leaving this site for good because of the unprofessionalism" post when I was banned, so I guess it didn't really matter in the end.

tl;dr version: Mr. Johnson changed and hopefully he can change back to how he was before. Mr. Hoft's accusations of Mr. Johnson really are examples of libel, so I think it's important to point that out, in addition to pointing out that Mr. Johnson did the exact same thing to his former allies.

Does anybody know what prompted Johnson's descent into stupidity? Was there a falling-out with his business partners? Way I remember it, he and Roger Simon cashed in by founding Pajamas Media, grabbing some of the $$$$$$ left over at the tail end of the dot-com boom.

I doubt their investors recouped even pennies on the dollar.

Why isn't he smiling and counting his money. What turned him into the bitter douchebag he is today.

This guy Johnson is a good person to avoid. Spencer, Pamela and the other OutDoorCat (Hugh) are a little bristly and have sensitive egos. But this guy Johnson is a sick-ego-control-freak. I'm surprised it took so long for the OutDoorCats to recognize a green rat dressed in pussy fur among them.

Anyone who posts at his site is a needy-ego and as sick as Johnson. That guy is bad news. I thought that several years ago. Bad vibes. ("No thanks fer ye invite.")

It's the green slime in Ghost-busters vs. the boys and Pamela. Important safety tip: don't cross the streams as you get him in the box in the hotel ballroom. The damage will be immense. As Dan Akroid said: just get his little greenness in the box and latch it quickly.

Sooooo - he **DOESN'T** molest children???

@Islam_Macht_Frei

No he doesn't. Cmon. By engaging in the libel or even joking about it, we ourselves become hypocritical for saying that Mr. Johnson shouldn't engage in libel against Mr. Spencer.

It doesn't shock me that Johnson is whining about being libeled. He was always good at it himself. He also is very good at sending his little green minions out to other sites that do not bow down to him and libeling them (Killgore Trout, we're talking about you). Of course, he denies he had anything to do with it. He bans readers for daring to disagree with him about religion, politics, even whether a Celtic Cross means "white power." Johnson went off the deep end about 3 years ago, and it took the online community a bit of time to catch up.

According to Johnson, anyone who is a conservative is a bigot. That's why he no longer hangs with conservatives. Of course, he's only too happy to make bigoted comments as long as it pleases his handlers.

Johnson is now post-relevant.

Mr. Johnson has a well deserved reputation for being a bad egg. He revealed his true colors long ago. Even if he turned 180 degrees about in his views, who would believe him or even care. People do change sincerely held beliefs, but this normally takes time and is not done with rancor. Mr. Johnson has attacked his former friends and supporters time and again, so he has burned his bridges. Let him sit in his cardboard box and pretend that it is an ocean liner.

It doesn't shock me that Johnson is whining about being libeled. He was always good at it himself. He also is very good at sending his little green minions out to other sites that do not bow down to him and libeling them (Killgore Trout, we're talking about you). Of course, he denies he had anything to do with it. He bans readers for daring to disagree with him about religion, politics, even whether a Celtic Cross means "white power." Johnson went off the deep end about 3 years ago, and it took the online community a bit of time to catch up.

According to Johnson, anyone who is a conservative is a bigot. That's why he no longer hangs with conservatives. Of course, he's only too happy to make bigoted comments as long as it pleases his handlers.

Johnson is now post-relevant.

I never commented on "LGF" and I never wanted to.

End of story.

I'm not sure that he changed his opinions so much is that he just became intolerant of any disagreement. Despite agreeing on issues of Islamic terrorism, evolution, Obama's hopenchange campaign, media bias, and Israel, that's just not good enough. I also had to agree with his perception of another person --- not even an issue! And if I don't have the same perception of a person that he does, then he bans me. And he does the same with others but in different ways (cutting ties, accusations etc.)

It's like he now needs to have people agree with him on everything or else he feels threatened or something. I don't know, but it seems different.

You can bet that they don't trust him either.

People don't leave something unless they have something to go to (Muhammad knew that). What did he go to is the question. That will reveal itself in time.

In any case, someone with his need to control (he has the Madoff MO with his "privilege granted" website, etc.) has a lot of insecurities, and a lot to hide. His arrogance and know-it-all-cover-for-those-insecurities will burst and reveal a munching green ghost in the hotel. (What's his desire?)

All of this "change-of-behavior-presented-as-change-of-mind" is a cover for some terrible personal problem that is coming to the surface in him. My advice with regard to him is to stay away from him. Most people should be kept at arms-length, most are not as they appear, but that guy is frighteningly untrustworthy.

They know that, just as Spencer and Co. know that.

Charles can dish it out but he can't take it? ...what else is new!

ROBERT SPENCER--YOU AND CHARLES JOHNSON MUST STOP THIS CAT FIGHTING

YOU ARE BOTH MAKING FOOLS OF YOURSELVES WITH THIS.

LGF IS NOT A HARD-LEFT WEBSIGHT, AND YOU KNOW IT.

PAMELA GELLER IS NOT A SHRIEKING HARPIE, AND HE KNOWS IT.

IF HE IS LIBELING YOU, THEN SUE HIS A---

JIHAD WATCH PERFORMS TOO VALUABLE A SERVICE TO LET ITSELF STOOP TO THE LEVEL OF MUD-FIGHTING

candy mountain is good for a laugh when they start eating each other over there. it's a regular 3 ring circus at times

Is the subject jihad?

All publicity is good publicity. Why give the creep more eyeballs?

"All publicity is good publicity."

That's not true. That's not true at all. You think Tiger Woods got "good publicity" in the past 2 months? Gimme a break. And that's only one example in a million. How 'bout Charlie Sheen? You think that was "good publicity" for him? Sheesh.

I don't comment on LGF; I will comment about Charles Johnson, however. Psychologists would have a field day analyzing him. It would be almost as much fun as analyzing Charlie Manson....

"ROBERT SPENCER--YOU AND CHARLES JOHNSON MUST STOP THIS CAT FIGHTING"

It's not "cat fighting" but cats vs. a rat who has gone home to nest. If it were "himself" (Hugh) or Pamella (who is prissy-hissy, too), that would be a cat fight. But everyone knows "a cat's a cat and that's that"- but they also know a "Rat's a rat and that's that."

You don't know the difference between cats and rats. (God-even dumb Citizen Frank knows the difference, Potomac Bob. shame on ye.)

Bob, seriously, turn off the caps lock key.

Can anyone load Gateway Pundit? The site currently won't open for me.

Frank:

"If it were "himself" (Hugh) or Pamella (who is prissy-hissy, too), that would be a cat fight."

Both Hugh and Pamela are more than capable of speaking for themselves, but while I'm here and reading over this thread, I can't help but take issue with that characterization.

Both are articulate, and passionate about what they do, and we're lucky to have them. Hugh is a walking university, and I still learn something from him just about every time he posts (every time, if you count the existence of Japanese karaoke for "Auld Lang Syne").

Pamela is a source of a tremendous amount of valuable information (as is evident from the many hat tips on our postings here), and uniquely willing and able to take a leading role in seeking justice for Rifqa Bary, the late Said sisters, and others.

Both are worthy of our gratitude and admiration.

"YOU ARE BOTH MAKING FOOLS OF YOURSELVES WITH THIS."

Robert is not making a fool of himself, so that leaves Charles Johnson as the # 1 fool, and you as the # 2 fool ...oh, and please stop yelling, bob.

Natalie - GP loads fine for me. Current post deals with Kerry being denied entry to IRan.

As for the topic at hand . . .has anyone physically seen CJ recently? If I recall correctly, his sudden swing to the other dimension took place at about the same time he permitted at least one other person to assist with control or monitoring of LGF comments. Some suggest his income has been detrimentally affected by this shift. Illness or chemical influence would explain a lot. Pray whatever ails him is not contagious. As Frank says, it's best to keep our distance - and CJ's condition ensures it's the easiest thing to do.

He is mutton dressed as lamb with his begging bowl out on each and every post.

Caps are off. Spencer is right on jihad, but the issue of jihad should not be an issue of right versus left. Spencer loses his credibility when he associates his good name with other websites that have a whole array of items on their plate most of which having nothing to do with jihad.

for example, if I am alarmed at jihad, Islamic extremism, dhimmilike behavior by our leaders and press and by the Arabization of Europe, am I also duty-bound to deny the existence of antropogenic climate change, Darwinian evolution, the need for health care reform, and the validity of President Obama's birth certificate??

If I could control Spencer's mind, I tell him to break loose from Frontpage Magazine, limit my associations with Atlas Shrugs (Pamela has a massive agenda, most of which is non-jihad-related, and a lot of her rhetoric is brash and unhinged--but I read her once a day, because her unhingedness is part of her genius.)

Both Jihad Watch and LGF serve an important purpose of bringing us and the world to its senses.

The feud between Spencer and Johnson is indeed a cat fight. It is unmanly and demeaning. And I dare add that it is very, very annoying. I say to both of you: sue or shut up.

There is one factor here I don't think anyone has touched on. Though there were impending signs, Charles' break with the Right seemed to become unequivocal the very day Obama was inaugurated. It's not that he has moved to the Center and directs his vitriol equally at supposed "moonbats" on both sides, he reserves it ALL for the Right now, just as he once reserved it all for the Left for as long as Bush was in power.

It seems Charles has a predilection for defending the party in power; call it a misplaced form of patriotism. I wouldn't be surprised if he does another about-face in 2012 should a Republican (other than Palin) win. Of course, none of this in any way accounts for the fact that he is an intolerant, petulant adolescent. It just means that he can't intellectually grasp the concept of loyal opposition.

When you stop typing in caps we will take what you are saying more seriously. Tantrums are not persuasive.

Bob of potomac

You just caused me to spite my coke all over the place...

LOL!!!! Are you serious...

Charles Johnson is a certified wacko! I see a room at shady pines in his future, you know one of those white rooms with padding. I mean CJ is "LIBELING" himself, which is quite a feat when think about it...

spite = spit...

Freudian slip...

bob of potomac, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Particularly regarding your exercise of (a)moral equivalence in assigning equal value / truth to Spencer and Johnson's positions. Charles Johnson is a hypocritical fraud, who has TWICE massively reversed his personal politics and who today betrays with his every utterance every position and alignment he undertook, from 2002-2006. His warnings about the jihad in europe were legend, his reverence for Fallaci's warnings apparently sincere. As were his repeated gleeful topics about car-b-ques and 'work accidents'. Now he feigns shock and alarm and calls his former cohorts Nazis, when nothing but his own stance has changed. He used to mock socialists / marxists of every stripe, now he carries their water on EVERY key issue, be it the state of the Jihad, his own anti-Christian jihad, his blind advocacy of AGW, his rote rejection of all things whiffing of conservatism, ALL of it.
And all along it has been his naked pursuit of the dollar. He's a fraud, a sellout, and a grossly-inconsistent hypocrite.

/The former 'LGF Operative' known as rayra.

PS - if CJ wants to bleat about that CAIR/Hooper thing, I've still got the emails to show his whinges about THAT are a fraud, too. In fact he now parrots the jihadists' own distortions about what was actually said. He spoke no recriminations when it actually happened, even termed me a 'valued contributor' in our correspondence in the immediate wake of it. He only ran for cover in the wake of the Bunglawala / MPAC-UK death threat towards him, that HE stirred up, once CAIR once again tried to use the FBI as their stalking horse. Then he played the victim card and played games with MY family's safety over it.

Again I say, 'Bob of Potomac, you don't know what the hell you are talking about.'

Charlie Johnson passed the shitbird stage years ago and has entered the final "Obamunist Sycophant Clankbird stage" where the only thing missing is the final clank which signals that the decreasing radius left wing turns finally result in his flying up his own asshole and he thus disappears forevermore. Disappeared, just like the posts of the banned patriots that he used to bring himself fleeting fame.

Charles of LGF is a petty sad person, and needs the attention when he attacks. let him feel that pain about being libeled, its karma.

Screw Charles Johnson.

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