It’s almost as though the implosion was manufactured for the sole purpose of creating fodder for commentary.

Most of the inaccurate information about me on the Internet is harmless. And negative opinions about the quality of my work are always legitimate. The trouble starts when advocates for one cause or another use me as a whipping boy to promote their agendas. As I mentioned, the way that works is that they take out of context something I’ve written, paraphrase it incorrectly, and market me as a perfect example of the thought-criminal that they’ve been warning everyone about. I don’t think any of this is an organized conspiracy. I think it’s a combination of zealotry, bad reading comprehension, opportunism, and some herd behavior.

[If you’re new to this, the paragraph above is the part that will be taken out of context and paraphrased to show that I’m paranoid and delusional, claiming that organized groups are out to get me.]

The full article is likely to be your best read of the week.

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