@inthehands @CharlotteEowyn @dgoldsmith
It was a very contentious comments thread and he took no small amount of shit for that stance. I suspect that's why it no longer exists on his site and why I had to resurrect it from the internet archive
One thing I've long wondered though... was he pissed that he got played into giving the guy a much better recc than was merited? And was this essay his subtle way of rectifying that? That's the sort of clever solution I'd expect from the Clay I knew