[Tolik]

He provided a constructive criticism that he supported with long enough explanations to understand why he thinks so. Many of his points are debatable, but his take is interesting, even when I, personally, don't agree. He might not have all the facts, or his interpretation of the facts might be proved wrong, but his arguments are not empty at all. Nothing he said here is totally off the wall, and I never heard about him having such reputation.

You dismissed him out of hand without providing any counterargument. How would you like a response to you saying "that a poster provided a short response that proves that the poster thinks he is really smart, but which does not really say anything new or meaningful in the final analysis"?

I am not a saint and admit having myself a knee-jerk reaction to some authors, like Pat or Sobran, for example. Is here something I don't know?

[Max Combined]

I do not disagree with anything you wrote about the author or the article.

I also stand by my comment.