Alas, I cannot choose my fans. I am not here to get as many "followers" as I can; actually I am glad whenever I read something I had not thought of or known before - which does not imply that I agree with the author's intentions.

What do we want to learn here? Not science, to be sure, but some excerpts of people's minds and opinions. If someone says he is XXXist, I hope to learn something about XXXism, and how a typical XXXist may feel towards YYYists. If they turn out to be something else than they claim, or to have no idea of their own convictions, I am not satisfied (though not disappointed in the sense that Mudcat owes us a representative collection). Casual readers may be misled, in particular they may think all those XXXists are as unreflecting as their self-declared representatives here.

Summary: I am not complaining, just pointing out the difference between good British bickering and parts of this thread.

Musket, you often claim not to be serious and intending laughters. If you meant to be laughed at rather than laughed about - sorry, I misunderstood.

Russian: yes, some of my ancestors were Russians. I spent a couple of decades in England - no ancestors from there, but loads of bickering. No problem with outspoken criticism, love good comedy and clever sarcasm when in the mood.