We must ignore sexist remarks from "leftist" pundits or the Republicans will win.

[saras]

7. No "we", no "must", no "ignore" - you've lost me already.

Without context for the remark, I can't tell whether it's appropriate or not, and give that it's apparently referring to one specific person, I can't rule out the possibility that it's a useful, accurate image. A little research reveals that it's describing Michelle Malkin, and working exclusively from the content of her blog, michellemalkin.com, I could make a pretty good argument for the accuracy of the image (i.e. it's clear from reading her that she obsesses on these sorts of images for fantastically large portions of her writing time)

But there's no "we" that includes me and "must ignore".

Aside from that, Tabibi is an entertainer for a national mass media rag. He's about as leftist as Obama.

Words MEAN things. There are two different objections to the right wing: one, that they often say stuff (supply-side economics, anti-abortion morality) that simply don't MEAN anything at all in the real world; and the other that they say creepy things about whole classes of people and behaviors that indicate their attitudes and more importantly their own behaviors towards these people when in power (racism, anti-abortion law). If all they did was insult individuals, no matter how crassly, they simply wouldn't be a big deal.

Were Tabibi trying to smear, say, church-going women as a class, I'd think that about as vile as Rush Limbaugh. But the fact that he's talking about a specific person who wallows in exactly this sort of degrading sexual imagery for the purpose of attacking others is enough for me, at least, to give Tabibi a pass in the same way that I give punk bands a pass for saying stupid shit I'd never stand for in real life.