He sounds more like complaining about real morons who are eager and all too fast to slap around labels to pass their "ill-informed opinions", as put by him. The example of a Harry Potter fan, declaring the new book the best piece of literature even before reading it, should be evident of that. However, his stand and reaction is stupid, demanding more weight for "paid" reviews, and spewing things like "If this is the democratization of criticism, maybe I'm all for some totalitarianism for a while".
His stupid position seems to have been summed up by Benjamin Franklin when he said "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." Instead of suggesting and promoting intelligence filter and offering a help in guiding one's way in forest of opinions that's internet, he only suggests going back to old days when only a few snobs, instead of the tens of thousands today, had the ability to reach the masses. Perhaps he and others like him shouldn't act like snobs in the first place, and learn to adapt to the change.
His stupid position seems to have been summed up by Benjamin Franklin when he said "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." Instead of suggesting and promoting intelligence filter and offering a help in guiding one's way in forest of opinions that's internet, he only suggests going back to old days when only a few snobs, instead of the tens of thousands today, had the ability to reach the masses. Perhaps he and others like him shouldn't act like snobs in the first place, and learn to adapt to the change.