If You Can't Say Anything Nice (Come Over Here and Sit by Me)
I saw that phrase in needlepoint on a pillow once. I laughed because well, I did find it apt and funny. Now along comes Gawker with a great (and very long article) by Tom Scocca called "On Smarm." Boy, does it hit a lot of high points with me. "Haters", snark, and smarm - he covers them all. (And he uses Thumper - the rabbit from Bambi who famously said, "If you don't have anything nice to say about anyone, don't say anything at all." ) I've come to understand that people make statements at this blog for ALL kinds of reasons that may have nothing to do with the topic at hand or me. Me, Charlie, the blog - we're just a convenient target. Of course, we are also something of a problem for some because we are fighting some very big ideas and some very wealthy and powerful people. But back to this article. Given how many of the defensive remarks that come out seem to all have the same theme, it almost seems that it is not critic...