rachelbean wrote:I'm much happier not thinking about people that don't actually affect my life. I tried to ignore the FT and Skepchick stuff as much as possible, and regret that we were somewhat forcibly made involved when it came to our doorstep. I really can't wait till most the site goes back to not giving a shit

I think it was Emerson who said "You become what you think about all day long."
On the other hand, Hitch said,
Hitchens wrote:For a lot of people, their first love is what they'll always remember. For me it's always been the first hate, and I think that hatred, though it provides often rather junky energy, is a terrific way of getting you out of bed in the morning and keeping you going. If you don't let it get out of hand, it can be canalized into writing. In this country where people love to be nonjudgmental when they can be, which translates as, on the whole, lenient, there are an awful lot of bubble reputations floating around that one wouldn't be doing one's job if one didn't itch to prick.
On yet another hand, though Hitch is best known for his angry stuff, he himself spent a lot - maybe most - of his writing and reading life concentrating on novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers he loved. So he balanced out the hate.