The Nits: Cannot Afford to Spare a Piece of Their Minds, »
Posted By Striker101 3 months ago in Political OpinionThe Nits: People Who Cannot Afford to Spare a Piece of Their Minds, But Who Give Authors Selective Chunks.
I have drawn a conclusion based on 40 years of evidence. These letter-writers [commenters] spend their lives nit-picking others rather than producing anything for public comment. They have not written a book, published an article in a magazine, or been on the editorial board of a journal.
They may have a blog, although I doubt it. They are spiritual allies of the flamers who have found their calling in life: sniping at published authors on the Web. The flamers always use pseudonyms. No one can find out who they are or what they have produced.
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I loved this article! Mr. North refers to flame throwers as "nits" either nitwits or nit-pickers.
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FTA: The crucial fact I have learned over the years about these people is that they have not published anything, yet they see themselves as experts about writing. They see themselves as authoritative experts who can spot the flaws in the published work of someone good enough to get published by a third party or gutsy enough to publish something on his own site.
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Thanks for the great post!
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