http://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202503901788913664

Up until last week, actor Adam Baldwin had tried to give blogger Brooks Bayne the benefit of the doubt when his character was called into question, attempting to highlight any positive contributions Bayne may have made to the Tea Party cause. But Bayne has come under fire on Twitter over the past several months for anti-Semitic tweets, both blatant and subtle. He sent out these tweets this afternoon:

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202501469851758592

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202501644880056320

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202506619978911746

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202509165472657408

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202511897474506752

Baldwin had finally had it, and he stuck up for fellow Twitterers Bethany Mandel and Josh Treviño, who have been diligently hammering Bayne for his anti-Semitism.

What followed was a war of words between Bayne and Baldwin in which one man demonstrated himself to be competent, thoughtful, and capable of reason. The other … not so much. See if you can guess which man is which:

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202509630558056449

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202512750948253697

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202512088155959296

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202514585524248578

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202514924587597824

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202515772445171713

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202518489309773824

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202518828889030656

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202516588476375040

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202521190424784897

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202522013632438273

https://twitter.com/#!/adamsbaldwin/status/202524634053222400

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202526846519218176

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202527792804540417

Final score: Baldwin 1, Bayne 0.

Seriously, though. Brooks’ nasty tweets have no place in the Tea Party movement, and Adam was right to take him to task.

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Oh, and just for giggles, the serial tweeter decided to insult his detractors:

https://twitter.com/#!/brooksbayne/status/202513089193721856

The humor of that didn’t escape Leah Blair:

IRONY, THY NAME IS THIS GUY https://t.co/tEGrE8wn

— Leah Blair (@leahblizz) May 15, 2012

Pot, kettle … you know the drill.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/05/15/adam-baldwin-backs-up-fellow-twitterers-incurs-anti-semites-wrath/