I agree with your admiration of Gerard vander Leun. I linked to his site in several of my posts today because he not only writes a great essay, but he provides links and posts videos and pictures from other sites. It's what bloggers do.
The reason I linked to my blog initially is because I link to a lot of people who are great such as Gerard and Richard Fernandez at Belmont Club. I blog for my own small audience and if I think there is something that Freepers may enjoy, I come here and post it. If you don't think what I post is worthwhile you should skip mine because I usually link to my blog. That's why I post under "bloggers and personal."
By the way, I did a little sleuthing and found out that this video was posted on YouTube on
May 13, 2011, so much as I admire Gerard, he got it from someone else.
Let us not be at odds about it. I post things from my blog here, as well, and have no issue with bloggers. I get called on the little stuff from time to time myself.
I hope the word “quibble” does not conflate in your mind to, “quarrel” or “dislike.” Don’t mind me.