From a reader:

Jonah,
In stating that dogs can be sexist and racist, you seemed to thoughtlessly link pierced males with anti-war protestors. I know of at least on pierced, tatted ex-skater who subscribes to NRODT and barks even louder than Cosmo at war protestors. I didn’t follow the whole crunchy-con debate too closely but was able to pick out that you dislike clouding politics with such abstract relations to personal preferences. Just because you don’t plop a name on the abstraction doesn’t mean you aren’t employing the same style.
Keep up the great writing, as a holey-inked-con I’ve endured enough stereotypes I can’t fault you for having this one.