During last week’s panel on blogging, Henry and Dan and Toni and myself gave very pro-blogging papers. The Dan/Henry paper was on the influence of blogging on the media, while Toni and myself talked about blogging as a new means of participation. Ana Marie Cox of Wonkette countered the blog parade by pointing out that a good number of blog commenters are wingnuts. I later added that I thought the wingnuts were in the minority.

Today, one of the wingnuts sent me an e-mail. He was a child-hating, libertarian, but that doesn’ t make him a wingnut. He went out of his way to read through my archives, fixated on letter from a reader, and sent me a detailed e-mail of hate that ended with the sarcastic “get a real url” — that is what makes him a wingnut.

He mistakenly thinks that I believe everyone should have kids. Au contraire. I think this fellow is a very good example of the many people whose genetic code ought never be replicated.

I read some blogs that have a different ideological perspective than I do, but I steer clear of those that enrage me. And I certainly don’t read through the offensive archives and construct a reply. Only wingnuts do that. Some words of advice, Mr. Wingnut. You need a girlfriend or a hobby or something. Step away from the computer and get a life, please.

And, bud, this picture is for you.