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dmallind

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2. This petulant anti-intellectual dismissal of doctorates makes you lose credibility

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:15 AM

Jul 2012

PhDs are not "Dr" anything, regardless of their real or assumed biases. They are Dr. Surnames, were called so centuries before physicians (for some thuggish academic hating reason usually the only people those who use scare quotes like this don't object to) were so called, and with far more linguistic accuracy, since the word means "teacher".

Attack their ideas, not their academic titles.

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Yet another example of feminist channeling of "Dr." Judith Reisman [View all] Major Nikon Jul 2012 OP

Quelle surprise! Good catch, Major! opiate69 Jul 2012 #1

This petulant anti-intellectual dismissal of doctorates makes you lose credibility dmallind Jul 2012 #2

... opiate69 Jul 2012 #4

That's not my intent Major Nikon Jul 2012 #5

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Funny how she sprouts up all over the place like a weird, bible-thumping mushroom. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #6