Matthew Yglesias: No Comments

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I'm sorry it's come to this, especially for folks who've been commenting on this site in a while, but I think the time has come to shut comments down, at least as a default option. We've become totally overwhelmed by trolls who come to write in the spirit of deliberate insult and misreading rather than fairminded debate, and the folks more "on my side" are just left responding in kind. I think the root cause here is an influx of negative attention being paid to my RNC coverage, and hopefully if I leave things this way for a little while the problem will blow over and we can try and start over again.

September 4, 2004 | Permalink

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