I didn't miss the part you quoted exactly as I didn't miss the finishing two or three paragraphs of your piece, which to me clearly state what's your actual point. Which is, as I said, bonkers because it's based on faulty assumptions. So please do us both a favor and don't try to use some cheap gaslighting to twist the things you said. Or do, but don't expect me to take it seriously.

And please don't confuse facts that I presented with "arguments by assertion" only because the facts don't fit your preconceived notion of how reality is (or better said, how you react to it). Sure, you may reject them to your heart's content, but that won't make your "arguments" any more valid.

As for my tone--what exactly is there to be jealous of? Ignorance? Arrogance? Hubris? I just called a spade a spade.