He may be a legend in his own mind, but there are plenty of non-dispensationalists who understand completely** what the system is all about, especially as it is taught in the pop media (as most folks get their knowledge about these things).
However, I do think that those who seem most annoyed by dispensationalists have a tendency in a "preterist" direction.
So what?
I have found it very interesting over the course of the last ten or so years how dispensationalists, previously ignorant of anyone else’s view but their own, have taken off after postmils and preterists with a vengeance.
I was listening to Woodrow Kroll on his Back to the Bible broadcast the other day answer a question about preterism. He was very nice in his response, and made it clear that he disagreed, but I found it quite telling that even Mr. Kroll felt compelled to say something about what appears to be the principle opposing view of dispensationalism. What has him so concerned?
I still contend that folks are growing weary of the mumbo-jumbo and "Jesus is going to return next week" rant, especially those folks who can read their Bible for themselves, and they are leaving dispensationalism for a more biblical eschatology. Some are even becoming more Reformed, and seeing the disconnect between the Bible/Reformed theology and dispensationalism. That leaves them with some flavor of amil/postmil.
** As completely as one can given that dispensationalism changes from week to week, book to book, revision to revision, seminary to seminary, Bible school to Bible school, "no creed but Christ" independent fundamentalist to independent fundamentalist.
They have itching ears, and will run, no gallop, after everypiece of “news”
The last bunch of full preterists to join the forum were all banned as a group because, despite being given several opportunities to disavow Christian Identity along with its racism and anti-Semitism, they refused to do so.