One of my major character flaws is that when I’m writing something that I’m uncomfortable about, I end up being pretentious. It's not quite the same as an apology, but do I know where it comes from. I grew up with virtually everyone I saw telling me that I was nothing but useless, good for nothing, trailer trash that will never be anything but a complete loser. It wasn't true of course, but as an insecure teenager I didn't really know that. So I ended up being as showy as I could manage about my intelligence so that people could see at a distance that I was something different.
Those days are long gone now of course, but the pretension has hung around in spite of my best efforts, mostly out of habit. Lots of people who meet me today don’t like me, but none of them, even my worst enemies, ever think of me as stupid. Still, even though I think I've grown out of most of the insecurity, I still find myself slipping into it when I write.
Anyway, that’s my excuse…. I wonder what this guys excuse is. He talks about the healthcare bill being an empty shell as if that were a tragedy… OK fair enough. He’s entitled to his view however economically misguided it might be. But I’ve never seen anyone trying so hard to prove that he’s smart. Not even me at my worst.
That Olberman must be terribly … terribly insecure to be that pretentious.
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