" taken seriously by rational people"

I am taken seriously by rational people. If you think of yourself as a rational person, or DonT, for that matter, a recent review of your posting histories on this forum should disabuse you of that notion. Certainly you would be more humble if you actually remembered the drivel you post.


I don't know why the local mocking birds' are obsessed with the word "dismiss."

Describing someone as a jerk is not the same as dismissing them.
Nobody had brought up Dawkins as an expert or role model.


If you are asking how I can describe someone as a jerk even if they happen to hold a Phd. The answer is simple enough. It is when they abandon science and logic and stoop to bullying and ridicule.