Or it could mean that these accusations have been around long enough that they've been discussed and debunked until everyone's simply exhausted and nauseated by the whole thing and then they start wondering why on earth anyone would post a diary on a site populated by people that may be left or liberal or moderate or progressive or whatever else but are certainly united in a dislike of the Bush Administration and the tactics of the right and so it just seems odd or trollish or offensive that someone would present this diary not as an academic inquiry but with seeming joy and veritable gloating and then they get sort of pissed off.

It could be that.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes