Virginian Pilot's Editors: sitzpinklers

That the editors of the Virginian Pilot are craven cowards is no longer in dispute. Meanwhile, a tiny minority of the American media are actually trying to stand up for free speech. Some, like the editor of the student newspaper of the University of Illinois, are being slapped down. Other’s like Christopher Hitchins are willing to stand up and even organize solidarity demonstrations at the Danish embassy.

But the example of the Old Media cowardice in the face of physical threats is going to give us wonderful new terms for describing them

Here’s from The Corner:

Apparently, the Germans have a word for men who can't stand up for themselves, both literally and figuratively. It's 'sitzpinkler', which means both one who sits when urinating and wimp.


Welcome Virginian Pilot editors, Sitzpinklers all.

UPDATE: Pictures from the Danish embassy