I have to admit I’ve never been a big fan of Martin Bashir’s hyperbolic style, but it’s more than a little pathetic to see MSNBC caving in to the right wing shriek machine, even after Bashir apologized and Sarah Palin accepted it: Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC.

Note that Bashir’s comment about Sarah Palin was gross and offensive, and I’m in no way supporting it; this kind of thing is why I said above that I wasn’t much of a fan. But if we’re going to weigh gross and offensive comments, Sarah Palin’s comparison of slavery to the national debt seems vastly more outrageous to me.

Meanwhile, at breitbart.com, where they’ve been on a non-stop campaign to get Bashir fired, they’re in a celebratory mood. And you know what that means: lots of gloating (nobody gloats like a wingnut), mixed with thousands of openly racist, xenophobic comments: MSNBC’S BASHIR RESIGNS!!!

A small selection of the wonderful Breitbart comment section, in which we see the wingnut base in all its glory as usual:

How does Bashir sleep at night? Probably hanging from the rafters, above a mound of his own guano.

Resignation is not enough punishment for this piece of dirt.

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According to Wikipedia, he was born in Britain and is a Christian (although his parents are of Pakistani descent. Can you say “Taliban” anyone?

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Marty isn’t good enough for Britain. S’matter o’fact he isn’t good enough for most places. Maybe Uganda.

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Have a rotten life, Martin. May many urinate and defecate into your foul mouth.

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So long you douchebag. Have fun at Al-Jazeera!!

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The trash has taken itself out! He thought he was being all big and bad when in reality this idiot would cry if a bubble popped on him. Now to seal the deal leave the US and destroy your passport.

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He should return up his mother’s birth canal.

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Back to England for you. What a great day.

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No, don’t send the twat there. The British people have to put up with sh*t like Anjem Chouldary every day.

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Back to where he belongs—his real home—Pakistan.This turd world POS is a Pakistani immigrant to Britain.The West is sick of this third world trash. Ship this Paki to his real home.

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Good. One less muslim jihadi spewing his crap all over the TV.

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Filthy third world POS.This piece of trash is representative of many the turd worlders that are immigrating to our country.They will do everything they can to destroy traditional America.

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Forced?
But I thought he had a come-to-Mohammed moment.

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Nicely done America. On more than this front, America is pushing back against the reign of tyranny the progressive PC culture of Orwellian double speak and destructive lies as means to their fantasy ideological ends. The phony earth religion/science, the healthcare redistribution of wealth scheme, the discrimination against Christians in the name of reparations for Muslims, the corrupted racist policies of double standard, and the lawlessness of the current POTUS have all been revealed.

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HOLY COW!! A commununist ally, an islamofascist throwback to the 9th century, FIRED for ‘using his right to free speech!’ That’s the sort of thing I expect from people with INTEGRITY and GOOD SENSE and a pro-American world view.

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Wait till he gets caught with kiddie porn.

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But that’s part of Islamic culture, doncha know?!

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I thought they were only into swine.

Maybe piglets because there is a better chance the young ones are virgins.

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Man, the Islamotrash will hump anything they can stick their peters into…goats, mules, jackasses, little boys, their own daughters (but only up the butt…cuz she’s got to be a virgin to marry her off to some other desert dwelling goatfukkin savage,) any woman not escorted by a male, camels, the odd rabbit.

I think I’ll stop there before I get sick.