I know that some of you are on Facebook and you’ve been a witness to weeks of insulting and trolling behavior from Mike Protack. Personally, I’m not friends with the guy, but some of my friends are, and the exchanges I’ve seen have been utterly unhinged. No matter the topic at hand, what emerges is the completely resentful Mike Protack — blaming Democrats or unions for all of the worlds’ ills; insulting the intelligence, the appearance, the ethnic background, the appearance of the *kids* of his interlocutors; making stuff up; and just generally lacking in the basic social graces that got him banned from this place. Whether he is talking about education or same sex marriage, all he’s been capable of over on Facebook is anger, insults and ignorance. Yesterday, Esteban Parra documented the most recent incident — one where Protack decided to get his inner racist on:
The comments were aimed at a woman with a Spanish last name, but who is not of Hispanic descent.
The odd comments have been noticed by many, including Rob Tornoe, a local cartoonist and columnist, who posted on Delaware Liberal last month:
“Well, since posting his public comments, Protack, who once ran for Governor, has completely transformed into a Facebook troll, sprinkling my page with a string of comments that can be classified as bizarre, hilarious, scary and brilliant.”
Rob is, of course, a gracious man.
But Mr. Parra notes that Protack’s Facebook page is now taken down, after a NJ reporter called him about his latest adventures in hatred and now he isn’t speaking to reporters. Which is weird, right? Protack is if anything a glutton for legitimate attention (he gets so little of it) and now he’s completely clammed up. But before he went dark, Protack told the reporter that he “sparingly” was on Facebook and denied making all of those hateful and derogatory comments. A thing that those of us who witnessed his complete breakdown here on DL certainly aren’t buying. But he’s taken a page straight from the GOP playbook and denied all responsibility for his Facebook comments. So I’m guessing that the router that was central to Pink Postcard Phantom is now posting on Facebook on its own. Which is OK — it is oddly interesting to watch a perennial candidate for office spend election off-years reminding voters EVERY DAMN DAY of why they didn’t vote for him in the first place.