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"Judgemental much? Elitist much?"

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Pedantic much? And proud of it, I see. By the by, it's judgmental, teacher. No e.

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judgmental

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And no, I'm not, or I'd start threads like this daily.

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"How dare you..."

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It was very, very easy. You're all just words in a little black box on my desk. Honestly, Chrisell. Like it takes daring. Such overheated bluster.

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"...state that people who disagree with you can only be saying that because they're thoughtless and inexperienced?"

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I stated no such thing. You may feel I implied it. I say I didn't. You do know the verb to state, don't you? English is your first language, I thought?

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"Do you really believe that all these people would come around to your point of view if they stopped and thought about it?"

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Didn't say that at all, and no, I don't think that. I don't even hope that. What I do hope is that people think about it at all, not think about it and then agree with me (though, yes, some might, and plenty wouldn't, and that's fine), and not just fly off with kneejerk reactions. Like this one of yours, for example.

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"Do you really dare..."

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Again, it didn't take daring.

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"...to presume that you must be right and they must be wrong?"

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Isn't that what every single one of us humans does every time we say what we think? I don't say things I think are wrong on purpose. Usually. When I do I believe that's called lying. Have I asked you yet if English is your first language?

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"As for your suggestion that only actual parents deserve to have an opinion..."

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Specifically said the opposite of that.

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"If anything, we childless namesnerds are more objective because we're not caught up in the emotions of parenthood when we think about names."

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That's patently ridiculous. That's exactly the same as saying that only people who've never been in love can talk about it rationally. Totally absurd. Every poster here who's a parent is doing a double-take at that, I am sure. Talk about daring. Did you want to offend just me, or every mother and father on this board? Do you often use a chainsaw to do a scalpel's job? That right there is proof that you, at least, in this specific case, don't have a frakkin clue what you're talkin about.

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"Trash-talking other peoples' thoughtfulness and the legitimacy of their opinions because they disagree with you is pathetic."

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I don't think you understand the concept of trash-talkin, at least as practiced in America. I didn't do any. If I had, someone's eyes would be bleeding.

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And we comment on each other's opinions and how we disagree with them every day. I have the same right you do. Obviously. I disagree with things I read here a hundred times a day. I only mention it sometimes. I also agree with lots of things, and often say so. I don't go around stompin other posters' opinions daily. But, meh. Think what you want. You have the right.

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And so do I.