Ain’t that the truth.

Gawker editor John Cook, who’s already proven himself to be quite adept at being a douchebag, can now add “professional misogynist” to his CV. After learning that NRO’s Kathryn Jean Lopez was following him on Twitter, he reacted like the gentleman he is:

i see @kathrynlopez just followed me so ABORTION ANUS GAY MASTURBATE SEMEN hi kathryn — John Cook (@johnjcook) January 24, 2014

Class-say.

@johnjcook So disappointing to see how some men attack female writers. Really uncool. — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 24, 2014

Does Gawker run psychological testing to make sure they find the most misogynistic employees? https://t.co/zcsTHg2ZWt — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 24, 2014

@johnjcook Bullying: for people who can't fight arguments on the merits. — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 24, 2014

Scratch a liberal, find a misogynistic creep –> https://t.co/YMu6uaxaev — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 24, 2014

@MZHemingway @johnjcook His own wife told the world he was a prick: http://t.co/ZKsjRVXyIr — Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 24, 2014

@kathrynlopez looks like a 13 yo potty mouth hacked @johnjcook account, since no actual adult would say such things in public to a lady. — Francis J. Beckwith (@fbeckwith) January 24, 2014

.@johnjcook Maybe you should follow @kathrynlopez to expand your vocabulary beyond the level of a 6th grade sex-ed class… — AG (@AG_Conservative) January 24, 2014

That’s not all Cook could learn from her:

.@kathrynlopez is a wonderful person and a thoughtful writer. Your crass vulgarity is cheap and unfunny. @johnjcook @rpbp #teamklo — Matthew Naugle (@MattNaugle) January 24, 2014

@johnjcook @kathrynlopez Importantly, she does not engage in attack journalism. She is first class all the way. Your message was insulting. — Peter Roff (@PeterRoff) January 24, 2014

First-class? You bet. Lopez responded with her trademark grace:

thanks for all the kindness on Twitter. Please don't add any hate to the mix. Heaven knows that's the last thing Twitter needs! — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 24, 2014

As for tweet many of you are reacting to from Gawker world, who among us hasn't said/written/Tweeted something we've thought better of? — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 24, 2014

one of the great things about social media is we never know who we might connect w/, what we might learn, & can always be better, together. — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 24, 2014

Predictably, Cook took nothing away from his lesson in civility:

let's settle this on the softball diamond, folks — John Cook (@johnjcook) January 24, 2014

What a sleazy jerk.

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