Whiffey, I take your point, however....
Doc Spocks views are not representative of myself or anyone else I know. In my opinon they are outdated, promote intolerence and horrible. Therefore to me they're not the norm. But I'll defend his right to have to have them.
What annoys me is an apparent bunch of sensible people responding to the nastiness of his words. (To me they're nasty). As I said, if he truely holds that opinon, abusing and/or reasoning will not change that. Especially the abuse.
And since I don't think the Doc is a stupid man then I believe it's safe to say that he knows the effect that his words will have. So just responding or getting involved with him over it means he's probably sitting there pleased as punch and chucking away to himself. If it was me, I would be.
As to the weirdos and misfits. Well yes, you're probably right about that. I'm one of them. Not sure which one but definitely one of the above.