Reply #6: Some recent encouraging words about the "blogosphere" in general

[nightperson]

from 2 Kerry endorsers:

1. Michael Kinsley: "What floored me was not just the volume and speed of the feedback but its seriousness and sophistication. Sure, there were some simpletons and some name-calling nasties echoing rote-learned propaganda. But we get those in letters to the editor. What we don't get, nearly as much, is smart and sincere intellectual engagement -- mostly from people who are not intellectuals by profession -- with obscure and tedious, but important, issues."

2. Andrew Sullivan: "Yep. You guys are the real stars of the blogosphere - the interlocutors and readers and writers who were once consigned to relative silence, but now have a medium all your own...And in the end, some truths do emerge, if you have the balls to acknowledge them. It's the purest form of democratic discussion yet devised. It's a big fucking deal. But if you're reading this, you probably know that."