Puh-leeze. Plenty of people on FR refer sneeringly to the academic credentials of clowns like "Doctor" Ward Churchill. That doesn't mean that we harbor any delusions that the credentials are not technically in order -- just meaningless as an indication of intellectual credibility.
At least you didn't point out the double negative in that sentence, which I inserted while incorrectly proof reading.
As far as the other, that was just my impression after reading the article. I was not trying to make a timeless philosophical statement or shrewed revealing insight. If you didn't see it that way, fine. I did.