The tenor of this thread is largely due to the attitudes of some of the contributors, towards the OP, Amos.
To some people, life is black or white, and once they take against something or someone, no further thought is applied, and posts from their betes noir, elicit a Pavlovian response. In many cases the name at the top is enough, and no further reading takes place, in other cases, the post is read assiduously, then mercilessly dissected. Sometime a stray sentence is picked on, and refuted or decried at length.
I freely admit to having scoffed at the OP myself at times, when she went through a phase of 'introducing me' to performers I had known about for some time, with a plethora of blue clickies.
However, outwith those aides memoire, I find many of her posts thoughtful, provocative, and nicely expressed. She has a better vocabulary than many of her detractors, and a wicked line in put-downs ;) In fact it may be the latter talent that enrages some of her "fan club".
Mind you, having largely middle class values, and the odd Laura Ashley moment, is as a red rag to a bull, amongst the left leaning people of this world.