>You mean you have to understand what a person is saying, maybe even talking to the person first, before you launch a volley of utter nonsense at them? But you

>You mean you have to understand what a person is saying, maybe even talking to the person first, before you launch a volley of utter nonsense at them? But you yourself recognize that the cranks have no qualms doing that, while the experts understate their expertise. The cranks are cranks; they're not going to take the effort to understand something thoroughly before responding to it, because then they wouldn't be cranks anymore. The only alternative is for everyone to shout as loud as they can about what an idiot Steve is for saying that stupid thing he did. Modesty has no place on the Internet. Fire on all cylinders and let Steve defend himself if he wants to.