Ha, loved this. He used to annoy/depress me a little on twitter and pretty sure I must’ve fired off a few sardonic tweets about him myself, but I’d be honoured to get a reply – and not just a tweet but an actual email! He clearly does respect you. More recently I’ve come to appreciate his tweets actually. I even find them thought provoking and oddly comforting sometimes. I’m going to posit an only slightly tongue in cheek theory here. I think your avatar possibly intimidated him a fraction. You somehow look a little more imposing, mercurial even, than the smiley, genial chap I have met in the real world! I suppose a philosopher is likely to be a little sensitive to online criticism too. Not a thought that’s occurred to me before , to be honest!
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