This post is remarkably intelligent and wise -- and witty! A lot of good those virtues do anyone when they have the wrong opinions according to the mainstream. Though how anyone intelligent and wise could have mainstream opinions . . . And just how do mainstream conventional sheep keep convincing themselves that they are oppressed, persecuted, brave and avant-garde? Anyway, Janice Fiamengo keeps getting better all the time, even if, sadly, only a few of us are lucky enough to learn from her and enjoy her writing.