They will hate and despise us anyway, but there are also undecided people - quite many of them, actually. Being associated with YECreationism hurts our credibility among those centrist/undecided segment. Imagine that 'creation science' gains some real traction, and without proper debunking create the impression of representing the entire conservatism. Then imagine that I want to talk to students about junk science used to support the global warming scare strategy. "What? This is coming from the guy who believes that Noah abandoned dinosaurs, and that's why they have gone extinct?"
Imagine that you're creating scenarios that are likely never going to happen and reacting to some figment of your imagination.
Oh, wait. We don't have to imagine that. It's already happening.
You're justifying your position based on some scenario that you are worried about happening that has zero chance of becoming reality ?
Do you always worry about things that you THINK might happen that MIGHT make you look bad?
Do you lay awake at night thinking these things up?
Then imagine we all can decide for ourselves.
Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio!
“This is coming from the guy who believes that Noah abandoned dinosaurs, and that’s why they have gone extinct?”
Lol if you are going to ridicule someone’s beliefs, you should at least know what they believe.