When he's good, he's great, but when he fails, he fails spectacularly, and I really dislike how his feminism is often used as a teflon armour that makes him impervious to criticism.

PREACH

I've often said that myself about his "feminism" - if he's calling himself a feminist and using that as a selling point for his work, then I have a right to examine that claim to see how it holds up. And Joss is typical of what I call *ahem* "middle class college educated liberals" who want to be seen as "good", to claim they're not racist/sexist/homophobic but haven't examined their prejudices and priviledges all the way down.

And thank you for the link; it's pretty typical of Joss, and Whedonesque from what I've seen, and why I have no interest in getting involved in that site, at all.

I did like his comment "Trust the tale and not the teller" - in fact, that's been one of my personal mantras since I first heard it in high school. But then it's accompanied by his patronizing tone. I really don't think he has any idea how his "humor" comes off, but it's definitely his way of deflecting criticism. "Hey I'm just a nice guy doing the best I can here."