[tpaine]

You have a strange view of debate. - We must believe your unsupported opinions, or be branded 'charlatans'.
[Which is an odd, almost paranoid charge. Who has tried to con or swindle you?] - Weird.

[smolensk]

To tpaine...

charlatan - A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

I stand by my correct usage of the word.

I may be an illiterate and ignorant southerner whose ancestors narrowly avoided genocide by the north, but I do know the proper definition.