sometimes I’m amazed by the amount of energy that goes into reader comments on blogs. that people think that much about something that’s going to be read at most by a small group of people who think that much about the same thing is… what? impressive?

anyhow, here’s one by a Lucy Kemnitzer that I quite like, regarding the unselfconscious attitude that will help “the left” succeed in America:

http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/005986.html#72144

I’m going to keep returnign to this discussion until I can figure out how to say the thing that is bothering me, because it is really really important and it has to do with why we’re embattled instead of triumphant right now….