"You just preach, then, and have no interest in hearing what any of the rest of us say."

Mousethief has it right.

Those who do the "preaching" and who themselves have no interest in hearing what others say, especially if those others happen to disagree with the sermon, are more often than not the ones who complain bitterly about others not listening.

I DO read what others here write and give it careful consideration. Then I make my OWN assessment of what they're saying (unless, of course, it is merely a rehash of what they have posted a dozen times before and I've already given it careful consideration). Just because I don't agree—or conclude that someone is emitting pure methane—does NOT mean I haven't paid careful attention. And I'm quite sure that most others here do the same.

That's one of the problems that "preachers" and "sermonizers" have here:   the people here tend to be pretty intelligent and well-informed. They are not necessarily the choir, and are not always going to burst into a chorus of "Hosannas" just because somebody happens to be overburdened with a bad case of flatulence!

Those who expect that their pet conspiracy theory should be treated by all others as if it were a Divine Revelation are the ones who never listen. And who invariably accuse those who don't buy it wholesale of being "stupid" or "knuckleheads" or of being "brainwashed by their liberal arts educations."

Which, in itself, indicates that they haven't a clue as to what a "liberal arts education" really amounts to.

Get over it, ichMael!

Don Firth