David Sirota and I got into a big fight in the comments of a previous post. He referred to one of my comments criticizing him for misinterpreting other Democrats as a "smelly, steaming pile of manure." Manure is the dung of barnyard animals, and Sirota's comment might thus be taken to liken me to a barnyard animal. This would certainly be a happy thing -- the last two people I know of who were likened to barnyard animals by Sirota were Matt Yglesias and Mark Schmitt. I am pleased to be in such august company!
If you're offended that I just interpreted Sirota's manure comment in a way that doesn't fully comport with his actual intentions, please don't venture below the fold. I'm going to discuss some misreadings by Sirota that are far more drastic.
