An Outing By Girl On The Right

A Very Bad Day

June 15th, 2009

For those of you who have wondered about the man who called me, my friends, a grandmother and others “cunt”, or who could be so despicable as to tell Wanda Watkins, the grieving mother of a dead Canadian soldier to “fuck you and your grief”, who refers to men and women he doesn’t agree with as “douchebags” and who has repeatedly referred to Kate McMillan as a Nazi (Warren Kinsella sues over less, you know)…

He is Robert PJ Day. Small business owner. Computer genius. Well-read book nerd. Anti-creationist debater. Canadian Cynic.

Outing bloggers isn’t usually my thing. I don’t see a point to it. But when you repeatedly abuse and demean people because they do not march in lockstep with you, I’m sorry but you deserve it. I am not a cunt, Robert. Nor a douchebag. Neither is Kathy Shaidle, Kate, Connie Fournier, Sandy Crux, Suzanne Fortin or anyone else on the web you don’t like.

I am not above strong language and hyperbole, Robert, but I am not beneath you. You are not special. I do not dispute that you are extremely smart and well-versed in your subjects of choice. But referring to to those you feel superior to as “cunts”, “wankers”, “douchebags”, “assholes” and more doesn’t make you sound brilliant at all. It makes you sound sad and lonely. It also makes you seem very cowardly, because I know you would never call me a cunt to my face. You would never wander into downtown Toronto and meet with half the people you have insulted - on a one-to-one or at a party - and insult them the way you do behind your chosen alias.

What would your mother say, Robert, if she knew that you referred to a woman older than she probably is as a douchebag? ( I assume that your mother is still with us. If not, I apologize, one orphan to the next. ) Is that how she raised you?

Robert Day’s writings on the subject he is most familiar with, Linux, are many. We have waded through hours, pages of his Linux advice columns and other web writings. One thing I noted was his style. Cynic - Robert - has a very engaging way of writing directly to someone. That comes through in all his work, including the website for his company, Crash Course. It’s a pity Robert Day didn’t temper his Cynic style as much as he does in his works under his own name. Not only would he have made his point, but he probably would have had a newspaper column or book deal by now.

I doubt very much that Robert PJ Day will be shamed now that he is connected to Canadian Cynic. There is a piece of him that’s clearly missing inside, though I’ll spare you all the pop psychology. Regardless, I expect a lot of trolling and backlash. So be it. Put your name where your mouth is Robert. Rumpelstiltskin took it very badly when the miller’s daughter guessed his name, but even he disappeared. I expect no such fairytale dissolution from Robert Peter John Day.

Good luck, Robert Day, in whatever you do next. Though I suggest you try to be less hurtful to others. You’re only going to hurt yourself, at the end of the Day.

Posted by: Right Gir