I regret that my point may not have come across. I don't actually believe in pejoratively labeling any good-faith argument, and I would not actually use a label like "Jacobin whinging" in earnest. My point is: labeling something is not the same as refuting it.

Apologies, my irony meter is malfunctioning today. I read it twice but I'm so used to reading this serious comments similar to your sarcastic critique online these days, it didn't read as sarcasm.

I like to say, the best thing about the Internet is the reasonable debate, and the accurate detection of sarcasm.

You have an absolutely terrible assessment of the Internet.

Oh the irony :)

You know, I built an irony detector once...but it detected everything BUT irony.