Michael Weinstein, ever the critic, apparently doesn’t take kindly to criticism himself.<\/p>\n
The Colorado Springs Independent<\/em> reports Weinstein’s lawyers sent a “warning”<\/a> to the publisher of the Colorado Springs Gazette<\/em> over its recent editorial criticizing<\/a> Weinstein’s attack on the US Air Force Academy’s prayer luncheon<\/a>.<\/p>\n [Gazette Editor Wayne] Laugesen’s editorial scolded Weinstein for attempting to infringe on free-speech rights, and said Weinstein opposed McClary’s appearance “because he is Christian.”<\/p>\n “That is false, and I have no doubt Mr. Laugesen and the Gazette know it full well,” Dallas attorney Randal Mathis writes…, adding that “publishing the statement is obviously calculated to offend, scare, and potentially mislead to the point of inciting unstable people.” Mathis makes it clear his letter is a precursor to a lawsuit. Pope declined a request for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mathis’ statement is consistent with the language in the current Weinstein v Ammerman<\/a><\/em>, the long-running personal lawsuit in which former Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt is accused of “terroristic threats” in his use of a Biblical quote.<\/p>\n As noted previously, despite his own vitriolic (and often personal) attacks, Weinstein cannot abide a negative word about himself.\u00a0 He has threatened “legal action” against a wide variety of people<\/a>, some for remarkably simple and benign statements, others for obvious statements of fact.\u00a0 The Gazette<\/em> is no different.\u00a0\u00a0In criticizing\u00a0the (obvious) contradictions in Weinstein’s words and actions, Weinstein ended up looking like a fool.\u00a0 Weinstein apparently felt the sting and reached for the ever-ready legal hotline.<\/p>\n