When authors use their "friends" as rhetorical punching bags, I tend to tune out. "Look at how enlightened I am, compared to these oafs who I supposedly like,

When authors use their "friends" as rhetorical punching bags, I tend to tune out. "Look at how enlightened I am, compared to these oafs who I supposedly like, who definitely exist and who also appreciate my bad-mouthing them!" I'm no fan of SF or the Bay Area but this article is vacuous.