Some guy who has a so-so blog and has been blogging for all of a few months has decided that blogging culture must change. This cultural shift, coincidentally, totally overlaps with his personal interests.
In a perfectly sensible post, Scott Greenfeld noted that people new to the party might think about learning the culture before seeking to reform it:
The problem is that Jamison Koehler is new to the blawgosphere. His blog, though the content is pretty good, appears to be a marketing blog, lacking a name and heavy enough on self-promotion in the sidebar to keep him off the blogroll. I can't speak to what gave rise to his decision to blog, but it would appear from the outside that he's joined the blawgosphere based upon the omnipresent voice of marketers telling lawyers that it's the "thing to do" to promote one's legal services.
Fair enough, right? Of course not. It was an affront on Koehler's dignity!
I’ve been following your blog for a while. I like your ideas. I like your political slant. And I like the voice behind those ideas. So I have to ask: Did you really want to engage in this type of ad hominem attack?
[Blah, blah, blah. Story about my life that no one cares about.]
Consider yourself mental demerited.
What a joke. He has fallen for the Irony of Narcissism.
To a narcissist, she is unique, special, privileged, and incredibly awesome. A narcissist, however, is a walking cliché. There is no group of people easier to script. Make one small criticism that touches on what a narcissist does, and expect outrage. To a narcissist, all criticism is personal - since, after all, everything is about them.
