It all kicked off over the weekend as poor old Mehdi Hasan waded into the great abortion debate. Having the gall to out himself as a pro-lifer meant, for the first time ever, he was soon experiencing the full wrath of the twitter left.
Things got pretty heated between Mehdi and some prominent lefties:
@dlknowles @JonathanHaynes And I've always thought you were a pompous and patronising twerp, which you've proved with this tweet.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 14, 2012
Oh and @hopisen even called me a 'self righteous little prick'. Nice. No ad hominem attacks then. #opendebate
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 14, 2012
@PennyRed If I couldn't get it across to you in 950 words, Laurie, then 140 characters isn't really gonna work, is it? #sighs
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 14, 2012
Guido isn’t quite sure how calling Knowles a “pompous twerp” squares with Mehdi’s no ad hominem attacks policy…
