I haven’t had the time or interest in responding to Signorile’s screed. But a bunch of you have. Thanks to everyone who wrote him letters in my defense. Here’s an interesting one:

It was clear to myself and many others (those not looking to be offended) that Mr. Goldberg’s comment on Mohammed being a threefer was meant tongue-in-cheek. Were you also taken aback by Jonah’s observation that 55% of serial killers are white males, and that “clearly we have some catching up to do” because we’re underrepresented? I don’t think you’re that dumb. Stop obfuscating.
Which leads to the real gist of the Coulter/Sullivan &c. rants, which is the insistence by the mainstream press that only a disenfranchised cracker could be capable of such crimes, and their subsequent refusal to: a) admit that they were wrong, and b) acknowledge that the suspects in custody are an America-hating Muslim and an illegal alien with an unusually high cash flow for homeless-shelter dwellers. Connect the dots? It’s practically A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.
Shameful, selfish efforts by the elitist left to turn this tragedy into a gun-rights issue are, thankfully, failing. There are a hundred million guns in this country, and the dreaded “Dodge City” scenario only occurs where the law-abiding citizen is prohibited from owning one. Yale economics professor John Lott has documented how private gun ownership lowers crime, so stop blaming guns and access to them for the sins of their owners.
The pundits you criticize only ask that the press and government stay focused on the real issue, which is saving American lives and property.