Do I really believe that?
It does have a certain Stephen Kruiser vibe to it but, HEY, who knows? People will just have to read on to find out.
It should be noted up front here that I am extraordinarily fond of our readers. You're well-informed even beyond the material you consume here at PJ Media, and you're a lot of fun.
A very small percentage of you, however, can get a little too eager at times.
The comments section of any online article can be a minefield of troll activity. Thankfully, the Townhall Media mothership took care of that for us when it created a barrier to entry for commenting on our sites. I truly enjoy interacting with our readers via the comments.
Every once in a while, however, someone is so eager to comment that he or she bypasses anything that was written beyond the headline. This is for those impulsive fans.
Hey — I get it — you're busy too. I'm also aware that a well-written headline can trigger a response. However, when the response is something that is addressed in the body of the post things get a little awkward. It's usually something that even a quick skim of the article would have cleared up.
I'm used to this happening when I share a post on Twitter/X. That place is a free-for-all and merely pimping a post there invites headline-only troll responses. I won't even take the time to smack most of them down.
In a recent column of mine, two of the first eight comments were made by people who obviously had only seen the headline. They were great points too.
Points which I'd covered.
Here's the thing, dear readers: we're not writing writing 10-page New Yorker articles here. Sure, I can be a little grandiloquent and loquacious at times, but I do try to keep things under a thousand words. The time investment into reading my work isn't that much. True, it's often lengthened because I'm on a roll and you have to keep pausing to think, "Wow, that's freakin' brilliant," or, "I wonder what it would be like to drink with Kruiser in person." Admit it, though, the extra reading time is worth it then.
Please do me a favor and take the time to absorb the fullness of my pomposity in online column form. We can discuss grabbing a drink at any time.
Oh — I don't really think any of our devoted readers are mean to puppies.
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