NASCENT OBSESSION

A PP boyz roundup. Jeremy engages someone he knows isn't me: That Jeremy so keenly converses with a fake is just a tad hypocritical considering the front page of his site features a big sad blurb about people pretending to be him:

Bizarrely enough, there are a few sad morons out there on the intertubes pretending to be me - commenting on other blogs as "MrLefty" or "Jeremy Sear" (using the same image of Blackadder), copying my posts into new blogs (or trying to steal my actual ones) but slightly changing the text to invert its meaning, and generally being obnoxious in an attempt to sully my good name (or pseudonym).

Jeremy needs no help sullying his name. Only a few hours ago he lodged a comment at Pure Poison; the comment, connecting Tim Blair to gayness (Jeremy and mates regard these gayness hints as insults), was modified and modified again. Another Jeremy comment – about "laughing" at legal threats – in the same thread was deleted. Jeremy just can't resist typing without thinking.

The stealthy comment manipulation takes place in this Scott Bridges post accusing Tim Blair of calling soccer a homosexual:

I was surprised to read, however, that taking part in Earth Hour makes you homosexual. Thanks to Tim Blair for this useful information.

UPDATE X. Further proof, if proof be needed, that soccer is gay:

The Socceroos planned their own contribution to Earth Hour last night, deciding to turn off the lights during their scheduled team dinner.

Bridges is apparently unaware that "gay" has for years been used as a "general term of disparagement" having nothing to do with sexual orientation. You'd think a school teacher might have heard this usage maybe a few times. Anyway, I'm thinking it's Tim Blair's fondness for Pepsi that set Bridges off. Regardless, Bridges has a history when it comes to odd gay and lesbian posts.

Finally, Pure Poison and Grods regular commenter "confessions" reckons my Jeremy "obsession" requires a legal remedy:

wow that is some internet obsession Beck has - worse than timmy. if i was jeremy i’d be taking out a restraining order.

Hey, there's obsession and there's OBSESSION! I'm going to have to get with the program if I'm ever going to catch up.

Update: At top Jeremy asks how I got the total of 2,765 Jeremy Bolt-mentions. It's a simple matter of going through posts and counting. It's called research; Jeremy should try it some time.