In Which I Get Asked If I'm A Nazi

For those not familiar with his work, Brooks Bayne is a right-wing blogger who has over 100,000 followers on Twitter.

  1. So Glenn Beck said something about Glee, and I tweeted about it.
  2. Glenn Beck on 'Glee': "It's horrifying, some of the things they're teaching high schoolers! But it's brilliantly done."
  3. Then this happened:
  4. That @brooksbayne RT about German names is probably my favorite RT ever.
  5. are you a nazi? RT @NickBaumann: That @brooksbayne RT about German names is probably my favorite RT ever.
  6. An aside: this is probably Brooks Bayne's most famous post. In it, he points out how Sandra Fluke, the student whom Rush Limbaugh called a whore, has a Jewish boyfriend whose family is full of "radical socialists." Don't read it unless you want your brain to hurt.
  7. Here it is in chart form (this you should read):
  8. Now back to the action.
  9. Update that latest RT from @brooksbayne is now my favorite RT ever. This man has 102,000 followers.
  10. and your parents? and their parents? also, where were they from? RT @NickBaumann: @brooksbayne A liberal!
  11. .@brooksbayne My mother's parents were from Germany. Berlin, actually.
  12. fascinating. i'm very surprised. tell me more. RT @NickBaumann: .@brooksbayne My mother's parents were from Germany. Berlin, actually.
  13. .@brooksbayne Well, they were 18 (grandpa) and 17 (grandma) in 1939, I believe. They had a hard time during the war.

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