… and this douchebag isn’t making it any better.
UPDATE: Eh, my first reaction was a little gloomy. My second reaction gets a little closer to the mark.
One ill side-effect of living in DC is that I work and recreate with people who do what I do only much, much better. To name a couple names: Spencer Ackerman and reporting, Julian Sanchez and philosophizing, Matt Yglesias and churning out fresh takes on issues that everyone else has the same yawny take on. Low self-esteem mofo that I am, when someone takes a knock at me my reaction isn’t “how wrong you are!” It’s “oh no! I’ve been found out!”
But like I said, that’s my first reaction. I can deal with the scorn of random internet snipers.
UPDATE II: Ah, time to test that theory. The Metafilterers have linked back here, undoubtedly bemused/enraged/(indifferent?) by my use of the word “douchebag” to describe someone who wants to wish me into the virtual cornfield.