these alternating sections of carefully worded academic abstracts, followed by a few words of sarcastic barb, feel too much like a solid dig at the other side instead of a thoughtful argument

The 'thoughtful argument' parts are often hosted in other posts. I generally try not to write 20-page posts, but to break things into pieces. E.g. my reaction to abstract #3 is backed up here and here.

The post mentions with approval...

No, it doesn't.

The opening quotation is flippant and hyperbolic, and is neither qualified nor argued for in the rest of the post.

Right, the purpose of this post isn't to argue that specific point. What's your view, here? That an article should argue for every claim it makes? I doubt that's what you intend, as that would mean that each article actually becomes a book.

Yet the post does not argue for the curriculum...

Hmmm. Maybe I could give a lot more detail about why I made those specific recommendations in a discussion post or something.

I think the word "revere" is a boo-button for rationalists...

Fair enough, I'll edit that.