If the aim is development and argumentation, you have to be willing to talk to the worst people on a whim all the time. This is why I do not block anyone. I want to learn and I want people to learn from me. Contention is the point that starts the line to understanding. Without it you stay in one dimension. If this is earnest, it is foolhardy, not because of Libes’s womanhood but because, abstracted, her case cannot be mapped onto the reality of the situation.

As I’ve continuously said, if she’s doing marketing, for the internet, she’s done it right and we’re the shmucks for engaging.