Though I do agree that the "diary nazis" are bothersome at times.  Still, while I did say both of those things, I said them in different contexts, and that is important.  I am interested in provoking debate, and believe Summers comment was good for doing so.  At the same time, I do think a lot of the energy being spent (and dare I say, much of the energy being directed against me at the moment) is counterproductive.  One can have a discussion with a good ideal that doesn't necessarily work out so well in reality.

Anyway, thank you.  I do agree that this topic needs hashing out, but I don't think it's going to happen here to be honest.  I'd be willing to bet that another diary on the topic would go much like this one did: a lot of misrepresentation, a lot of unnecessary energy, and a lot of me having to defend myself from false accusations.  That said, I'm glad I did it, as I did learn a few things from the few people who were kind enough to comment in a way that actually responded to my questions and assertions.  But I think that, for now, I'm going to give the topic a rest.  DailyKos is a fine community for many things, but true open dialogue on topics of political correctness and other things that rub people the wrong way is not really one of them.

I must admit, I'm toying with posting this at that other political Scoop-powered site (right-leaning, much less popular than Kos, but an interesting site nonetheless) to see how it goes there.