DONE BLOGGING

One blogger throws in the towel. The major reason? Endless emailed abuse and criticism. I’m tempted to say: deal with it. But after over four years of the same, I see his point. It’s especially brutal now. Give Kerry any credit for anything, and the hatemail pours in. Ditto for Bush. The space for anything but hatred for either candidate gets smaller and smaller. And the constant personal abuse (in my case, larded with constant homophobic slurs) gets to you after a while. I’m used to it. But it does have an effect. And one effect is to leave the commentary to the Eric Altermans and Sean Hannitys. No way.