Just another talentless harridan

So, I've never commented on the whole "Why are there no big-time female bloggers?" thing, but I was reading this Steve Sailer article (via LaShawn Barber) and came across this gem regarding Kevin Drum's opinion that women don't enjoy the rough and tumble of politics as much as men:

"And that nearly led to his eyes being clawed out," reported Howie Kurtz in the Washington Post, as obscure women bloggers denounced Drum in the most vicious terms imaginable, causing Drum to cravenly shill for these talentless harridans.

Who, according to Sailer, are these talentless harridans? Well, Ann Althouse weighs in with this vicious take-down:

Sigh. Why is he assuming that promulgating opinions is a mean and domineering sort of behavior? I've certainly noticed that a lot of bloggers that I find unreadable display this tendency, but I think the best blogs are reasonable, good-natured, humorous, and well-rounded.

Yes, what a Biatch. I can certainly see why Sailer is offended. And more vicious eye-clawing from Sissy Willis:

We can say right up front that the shallowness of Kevin Drum's argument turns off this woman. Maybe we're in a Pauline Kael bubble of our own, but most of the women we know -- fellow bloggers, readers, friends and relatives -- adore fiery political discourse and keep coming back for more.

How scary for Sailer to think that at any moment he could be subject to such vicious denunciations.

Most of the women supposedly denouncing Drum "in the most vicious terms imaginable" are, in fact, similarly tame. But the women who toss around the terms "idiot" and "f**ktard" bring my to my main point:

1. Drum says women, who prefer civility, don't like the rough and tumble of political blogging.
2. Women disagree, some in terms strong enough to make us question Drum's premise.
3. Sailer lumps all said women together and calls them names.

Aren't these women just engaging in the frank opinion writing that male bloggers claim enjoy? Of course not. They're just bitches. And thus it ever was.

Being a sweet, innocuous little thing myself, I will grant an exception to any man who feels he deserves it, but somewhere out there are large numbers of men who dislike any declarative statement from a women that's not "Your absolutely right, dear." Women know this.

Maybe it's not the rowdy atmosphere of politics that women dislike, but the inevitable playing of the Bitch Card.

Update: La Shawn has another example.