So, about the stuff we're not supposed to talk about on dates but really need to

[jlh]

You know, religion and politics?

So this is slightly in response to the atheism thing going around (and if you haven't seen it, tartpants has a link) but also to something that I've seen on the Left for some years now and that I feel like I keep beating my head up against.

If you make people feel stupid, they will not like you.

And if they don't like you, they won't vote for you or your bill in congress or your supreme court nominee. They won't want you to teach their children. They won't want you to operate on their father. They won't want you to run the country. They might want leaders to be smarter than they are but not at the expense of their own self-respect. Honestly, I can't really blame them.