No doubt the cliches of stocks always go up rings in their heads as well. Such as the DJIA never goes down for any long period of time, true perhaps but they change out the stocks like the Pony Express changed out horses. It seems us barbarians must hold our gold forever and that the rule of "buy low sell high" does not apply to us when it comes to the antis.
Yup. Stocks have their worth too, but like you said, you have to have the RIGHT stocks. Even if the stock market is on a never-ending bull ride, occassional bear markets notwithstanding, the SAME stocks don't continue to go up. Some go up, some go down, crash, and burn.
For the anti-gold bugs, it's NEVER a good time to buy. If someone tried to sell to them a few years ago, the reaction was "Oh, sure, you just want me to buy it because it's worthless!" And now, it's "Oh, sure, you just want me to buy because it's so expensive!" Nobody's going to get one past them, by golly. ;-)