Monica, you should listen to Oren’s podcast with Noah Smith to get a sense of his real character. He’s remarkably calm and kind even after Noah repeatedly asks him (a trained economist!) whether he’s ever read an economics paper.
Snark is just what folks in the commentariat do for good-natured fun.
Oren is very snarky. A sign of weakness.
Calling someone snarky is an ad hominem; a sign of weakness
Monica, you should listen to Oren’s podcast with Noah Smith to get a sense of his real character. He’s remarkably calm and kind even after Noah repeatedly asks him (a trained economist!) whether he’s ever read an economics paper.
Snark is just what folks in the commentariat do for good-natured fun.
I have heard him on Ezra Klein and Andrew Sullivan and admittedly didn’t hear snark there.