You can hardly be included among the semi-literate, though I see you have used American jargon here (picked up on CathInfo).
I did answer you. I do not have any proper native language, and I am semi literate in all the ones I can (barely) speak.
If you notice I know some vocabulary, even higher/technical one, because I picked it up by reading and studying, yet I may ignore basic rules of grammar and syntax.
I use american jargon as I use british jargon, they are alien to me just the same, as much as dialects from other languages I may be able to express myself in.
Well, you are anonymous, are you not?
The point is that my forum persona is compromised. My humble honesty has been mistaken for simplicity and naivete, so that many, including YOU, do not see me as an equal but, at worst, someone to be schooled or, at best, to cared for and guided.
I have made a couple/few comments on that thread but I just found the argumentation to be too convoluted
Yes, I've seen them. But since I "tend to confuse issues, esp. in the OCAC thread", I thought it would be nice if you could clear them up.
For instance you said "they are inactive members". Fascinating, where did you get this definition?
your seeming arrogance
Who is the arrogant one? The one who dares object to opinions presented as facts, or the one so full of him/herself he demands other people to take them as certain?
The one unsure about himself being right, or the one so sure he takes offense in others disagreeing?
Is it arrogance to speak plainly and directly, at the cost of coming off as rude (in our sensitive day and age), or is it not more arrogant to deviously use every rhetorical trick in the book, incl. captatio benevolentiae, arguments ab auctoritate (with the authority being themselves!), feigning simplicity and ignorance, and son on and on?
With disregard for objective truth, caring about either one's public image or even worse, being confirmed right.
Only outwardly non arrogant, if not seemingly pious and humble, but in stead most wicked and products of a rotten ego.