Protestantism

» Brian Tubbs - Not quite

Dan, I am not excusing a person's rudeness or boorish behavior so long as what he/she is saying reflects the truth. What I'm saying is that the TRUTH is still the truth even if it's not being presented politely. The same can also be said for faleshood, of course.

In other words, if I am teaching mathematics (which would be a scary thing), and I am explaining to someone that 2 plus 2 equals 4, the CONTENT of what I'm teaching (2 + 2 = 4) is true whether I am rude or not. I can call the person I'm teaching an idiot, spit on them, berate them, shove them around, be as obnoxious as possible - and 2 plus 2 is still four!

Yes, I should be fired as a math teacher and a more polite, reasonable teacher should be hired. But the expectation is that my replacement would still teach 2 plus 2 equals 4.

Bottom line...Migisi's comment on the author's rudeness brings up a SECOND issue -- namely, the rudeness of the author. It does not reflect on the FIRST issue - namely whether the author of the article I referenced is correct.