Sue-Ann Levy’s Twitter Self-Immolation and Her “Leopold” Moment with Jonathan Kay

During the final presidential debate, Sue-Ann Levy — columnist for Accordion City’s worst newspaper, Mayor Rob Ford’s loudest cheerleader (Toronto Life called her his “personal stenographer”), defender of the city against firefighters and all-round lowerer-of-the-bar — decided to make a tweet:

A tweet-storm ensued, during which Levy suggested that he’s secretly a Muslim (and you know, they can’t be up to any good) and that people “might want to check clips on YouTube from CNN that show otherwise. Sorry this might make the LibLeft cringe.”

It was the usual right-left crossfire until Jonathan Kay, columnist for the National Post — the paper that the Sun wants to be, if it ever grows up — stepped into the fray. If you’re not familiar with Mr. Kay or his writing, he’s generally considered conservative on a number of issues, in a sort of Barry Goldwater style. Here’s Wikipedia’s summary of his writings:

Kay often endorses views regarded as conservative, particularly on the subjects of Israel,^[16] political correctness^[17] and policy toward North American Aboriginals.^[18] However, he also has dissented from conservatives on a variety of issues. In recent years, for example, he has written articles raising awareness about income inequality,^[19] and questioning the conduct of the Iraq War.^[20] Kay has also been a strong supporter of gay rights. In 2010, Kay argued that conservatives are wrong to continue challenging the majority scientific view on global warming.^[21] In response, Financial Post columnist Terence Corcoran, a noted climate-change skeptic, argued that Kay’s support of the anthropogenic climate change theory was based on unproven environmentalist dogmas.^[22]

Kay’s writing is generally dismissive of the claims made by the 9/11 Truth Movement, and they have responded with criticism of him. He has been accused of attacking academic freedom because, in his writing, he criticizes the public funding of academic research that is based on 9/11 skepticism.^[23][24]

When he entered the debate, it turned into the “Leopold!” moment from this classic Bugs Bunny cartoon:

Here’s Jonathan Kay’s tweet:

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/260584500617158656″ data-datetime=”2012-10-23T03:32:41+00:00
Realizing that Kay had brought a gun to her knife fight, her reply was:

https://twitter.com/SueAnnLevy/status/260585363163193344″ data-datetime=”2012-10-23T03:36:06+00:00
Kay’s response:

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/260587284540321793″ data-datetime=”2012-10-23T03:43:44+00:00
You can see the whole scuffle summarized on Torontoist, which closes with this tweet from Kay:

https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/260595133626589184″ data-datetime=”2012-10-23T04:14:56+00:00

Jonathan Kay should use this picture for his byline!