A reader writes:
You quote Joe Klein as saying:
[A] fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance … has overtaken the left-wing sector of the blogosphere.
I would hazard to say that that’s because the blogosphere has grown sick of the tone of arrogant, condescending, tone-deafness of the inside-the-beltway pundit class, and would appreciate a little more respect, and a little less dismissive presentation of “talk to the hand,” thank you very much. Six years of bended-knee coverage tends to generate a little fierceness, don’t you think? Especially when, even after all that time, you *still* get things like that gag-inducing mutual stroke session between Tony Snow, Richard Wolffe, et. al. And Klein wonders why the blogosphere is inflamed!
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