Blog-Rage Explained

A reader writes:

You quote Joe Klein as saying:

[A] fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance ... has overtaken the left-wing sector of the blogosphere.

I would hazard to say that that’s because the blogosphere has grown sick of the tone of arrogant, condescending, tone-deafness of the inside-the-beltway pundit class, and would appreciate a little more respect, and a little less dismissive presentation of “talk to the hand,” thank you very much.  Six years of bended-knee coverage tends to generate a little fierceness, don’t you think?  Especially when, even after all that time, you *still* get things like that gag-inducing mutual stroke session between Tony Snow, Richard Wolffe, et. al. And Klein wonders why the blogosphere is inflamed!