Responding to comments here would turn this from what is apparently a 3-hour-a-week gig into a full-time job. No wonder Emily doesn't want to have her life sucked away arguing with teh interwebs.

Check out Double X for columnists who write back to their paltry commenters. They are plagued by spammers, unfortunately, but the recent meltdown by the "Friend or Foe" columnist was amusing. She gave terrible advice, got called out by multiple people, and refused to back down. She looked like a total ass, telling people to quit reading if they didn't like her advice.