BOLD like a Leopard

The Three Musketeer s   as Reinterpreted by Tara Subtle Tingler We join our brave D’Artagnan in the midst of his meeting with the Duke of Buckingham (Ch. 21). All of the previous chapters are victim-shaming colonialist apologies. D’Artagnan blushed up to the whites of his eyes. He saw that the duke was searching for a means of making him accept something and the idea that the blood of his friends and himself was about to be paid for with English gold was strangely repugnant to him. “Let us understand each other, my Lord,” replied d’Artagnan, “and let us make things clear beforehand in order that there may be no mistake. I am in the service of the King and Queen of France, and form part of the company of Monsieur Dessessart, who, as well as his brother-in-law, Monsieur de Treville, is particularly attached to their Majesties. What I have done, then, has been for the queen, and not at all for your Grace. And still further, it is very probable I should not have don...

CHAPTER XI. (FORGET THE OTHER CHAPTERS. JUST ANACHRONISTIC SEXISM) “COME in,” says the woman, and I did.  She says:  "Take a cheer.” I done it.  She looked me all over with her little shiny eyes, and says: “What might your name be?” “Tara Subtle Tingler. I am the social media director at the Chronicles of Geographic Palestine and the Levantine Shore .  Where ’bouts do you live?  In this neighborhood?’ “No’m.  In Hookerville, seven mile below.  I’ve walked all the way and I’m all tired out.” "HOLD ON! Did you just say the H-word??!! Are you slut shaming? I'll have you know that SEX WORKERS are human beings too. You stupid chauvinist pig! How does a child your age develop into such a degenerate male pig!!" So then ten minutes later she had washed my mouth out with soap and finally calmed down. “Hungry, too, I reckon.  I’ll find you something.” “No’m, I ain’t hungry.  I was so hungry I had to stop two miles below here ...

Note: This is a post that I had submitted to the Times of Israel  blogs in response to a campaign of  disinformation against a fellow blogger and casual acquaintance named Fred Maroun . I submitted it on Sunday, September 30 2018, and it was rejected by the blog editors. The rationale given was that "[t] his post is not approved for publication because it contains false assertions and makes slanderous, ad-hominem claims against an identifiable person. "  Unfortunately no action has been taken against the person in question for her own slanderous and ad hominem attacks against her critics from other TOI bloggers like Maroun to common Facebook users, because she is herself affiliated with Times of Israel .  I am also expanding the article somewhat (highlighted in grey) as there are less time constraints. You can therefore judge the piece on the basis of both its original form as submitted as well as the new updates the I've added. Last week, as some of you r...