Spruiell has more thoughts. And, I do think he’s absolutely right when he chastises Nyhan insinuation that Rightwing blogs are less tolerant of dissent than leftwing ones. This strikes me as nonsense. I think one could fairly argue that the New Republic is more unpredictable at times than most conservative magazines, but even there evidence stacks up on both sides, particularly of late. But where is the affirmative evidence that conservative magazines are “less heterodox than their liberal counterparts”? As for the rightwing blogosphere, I just can’t see why people would think there’s a more chilling attitude toward dissent than on the left.

Update: Oh, one last thing. I think it would be really cool if we could get “the Nyhan defenestration” to stick as the official name for this mini-blogoscandal.

Update II: Yesssssssssssss.