You know, there’s plenty of people on the internet with whom I have specific disagreements about a variety of things…and it would never occur to me to e-mail them for the purpose of picking arguments with them.
So why is it that every six months or so I get some numbnut who writes to me to try and explain why I’m wrong about something–always substituting his or her opinion for anything resembling actual supportable fact. Invariably they become increasingly belligerent, accuse me of being intolerant of other’s opinions (even though *they* contacted *me* to explain why *I* was wrongheaded) and then ride off on their high horse so they can tell others on the net how Peter David was mean to them.
Don’t misunderstand: When it came to carving out a public persona, I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. Nevertheless, I just can’t grasp the mindset of people anxious to go the extra yard just to harangue somebody. I wouldn’t go over to an NRA board to hassle the gun people. I wouldn’t e-mail McFarlane to needle him over his loss to Gaiman. Maybe I’m just lazy. Or tolerant. Could be they’re interchangeable.
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