In Defense of Obscurity

As annoyed as I am by Derrida's opaque style, his isn't the only way to be unclear. I tried to read Philosophical Investigations a few years back, and stylistically Wittgenstein is the anti-Derrida: short, blunt, workmanlike sentences, lots of examples about triangles and building blocks, little pictures. Every paragraph was completely lucid but I could never keep enough of them in my head at once to get his point.