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Foolish curiosity and a bit of boredom at work just took me through all of these letters. What I can't understand is why there is so much vitriol over an essay not altogether different than the weekly NYT column Modern Love. It is clearly in the "Life" section, not "News & Politics" or "Tech & Business." It was witty and amusing and wasn't presented as hart-hitting journalism.
Thanks for confirming my suspicions that civility is dead and misanthropy is the new black.