Why (most) comments are worthless

Matthew Yglesias, a Harvard grad, is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. His erudite writings have appeared in the New York Times and other publications. He leans left, but not radically so. He has biases, but so do we all. His blog is a must-read for serious political observers. Plus, he's an all-around good guy.

But here's how one cretin reader responded to a recent Yglesias post:

"Matthew spends much energy on trying to excuse Obama's cowardice, incompetence and corruption. Yesterday it was the Fed, today it is the "ruthless" Republican minority -- which on Jan 15, 2009 was deeply despised by the electorate and yet by Jan 15, 2011 was back in power. The Democratic grassroots -- and the American People -- are being stabbed in the back by their own leadership. The moles within. The fifth column. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. But three times is enemy action, Mr. Bond."

No doubt this poseur congratulated himself for closing his rant with the too clever by half quote from the 1959 movie Goldfinger. (It took me all of 30 seconds to unearth it on Wikipedia.) Dr. Freud would say it speaks volumes about the reader's mindset. The reader is pompous, vitriolic, juvenile, narrow-minded, spiteful and, as always, dead wrong. This is why I pay scant attention to comments on the major blogs. It's why some big-time bloggers (like Andrew Sullivan) ban them entirely. They're good only for producing migraines. Heh. Just thought I'd get that off my chest today. ;-)