Your sarcasm detector is broken... Please have it serviced after you reread the post...
Not a bit (you did see the "lol" there?), I was taking the opportunity to point something out.
While Amerindian cultures in this area were truly primitive, they do have something to teach us about land use and management, simply because they developed the botany of this region for supporting human foraging. They made the system they had more productive. So, while I have little interest in basket-weaving, I actually do experiment with the plants they used and try to fit those practices into the management of our land. So when a FReeper wastes his time bashing liberals for their ignorant application of that knowledge, too often we end up disparaging the knowledge as of little to no use while alienating people who can be converted using the hook of their love for land.
I have also learned quite a bit about their hunting practices, which (unbeknownst to most liberals) were relentless, cruel, and most effective. These guys didn't screw around. It is important to know for the inferences to which it leads in making land management decisions. The respect understanding that knowledge communicates to local tribes people goes a long way with them. They dislike the liberals, even if the extortion rackets they're selling are good for the ol' bottom line.
What I have learned is that they built a landscape capable of supporting large numbers of people. Should disaster strike, we might well be wishing we had paid more attention and not tossed the decent work not a few liberal are doing as if it was meaningless. Hence, I am on decent terms with not a few scientists in this are (leftists all) because I have produced that of which they can only dream. They are slowly learning that there is no way their methods will ever produce such a result. When that penny drops, they are ready to listen to the lengthy tale of real estate racketeering to which their beliefs were actually committed. At that point, they don't go around calling us stupid any more. We may think we are being clever with the sarcasm, but too often we merely come off looking ignorant.
So, I actually think that such sarcasm is a bad habit, one that costs us dearly in the grand debate, and am suggesting a different attitude.