Netactivists

(Update by Liza Sabater, Publisher : Hello Salon Readers! Feminist bloggers are not taking the attacks against Amanda, Melissa and other feminist bloggers lightly. We are working now harder than ever to create a Feminist Bloggers PAC.)

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Richard Cranium is calling for an email campaign and blogswarm.

Let’s be clear on something - Amanda and Melissa are among the most savvy, articulate progressive commentators in the blogosphere. The Edwards’ campaign is most fortunate to have both of them working on internet outreach. So, to me, this is just another example of right wing blogs pushing a story into the mainstream media to create some noise based on out-of-context cherry picking of inflammatory buzzwords and snarky posting. But afterall, isn’t that what this medium is all about?

Ok, so, I’m going to ask you to do something. If you feel as I do, that this is a trumped up manufactured controversy by organizations that wouldn’t vote for Edwards in a million years anyway, please drop a line to the Edwards campaign.

We need to support our own in this regard. If the Edwards campaign buckles on this one, and fires Amanda and Melissa, I will immediately drop my own support for John Edwards. It’s not that I will have changed my views on his issues, but that his campaign will have shown no spine early on. And I want a candidate (and campaign) with spine.

Make sure you put "SUPPORT AMANDA AND MELISSA" on your email to the Edwards campaign.

Here's a list of posts so far :

me : The swiftboating of John Edwards Political Courage

Zuzu at Feministe : This is really getting out of hand and Jill with The Backlash Against the Edwards Bloggers

Chicago Dyke at CorrenteWire : Courage vs. Popularity

Misty at Shakespeare's Sister : Ol' Bill is ticked

Jessica at Feministing : The post in which I scrub my skin off with a brillo pad

UPDATES!