Okay, the bloggers in Vegas thing

As you may have seen elsewhere, this past weekend there was a convention of lefty bloggers in Las Vegas, complete with high-profile political guests like Wesley Clark & Nancy Pelosi and a certain amount of attention from the traditional media.

Those who were there have been blogging it. Hoo boy, have they ever been blogging it, in a disturbingly snake-chasing-its-own-tail manner.

Tom puts his finger neatly on the problem when he says:

The problem is that people seem to be taking themselves rather too seriously.

Yes, precisely that. And moreso-there is a palpable eagerness to be "legitimized". I recognize it from my days as a comic book and/or science fiction and fantasy fan. There were always people who were only too willing to talk to any local camera crew, in hopes of helping fantastic literature gain its proper place in the American Pantheon.

I happen to think it deserved such a place. I also happened to notice that the crews only ever stopped to talk to the loons in Superman costumes.