> I don't agree with the apparently widespread conclusion [..] that not publishing is better than publishing using a less-than-lovely platform

And moreover, I don't agree that not communicating is better than communicating using a less-than-lovely platform... Static generators are fine for publishing but taking into account the requirements for blog-style bidirectional communication (comments, trackback, pingbacks etc.) excludes static sites unless one surrenders control to third parties such as Discus & al.

Wordpress is fine - as long as one carefully selects plugins and culls the unmaintained ones mercilessly.