I believe your obsession with mentioning my former career is telling on three fronts. It either portrays (1) that you believe conservatives would not hold a position that requires the ability to critically think (which flies in the face of reality, since the majority of scientists are politically conservative), or (2) that you believe a woman would be a rarity in such a position (which would render you a misogynist), or (3) that because I disagree with you on political issues, I don’t have the wherewithal to hold a position that requires analytical ability.