Quite apart from the content of the parent comment, I find this tactically interesting. I'm probably perceived as more likely than the average commenter to attack a post like this, so I've been preemptively identified as a mutant, which leaves me with little maneuvering room to refute the assertions about non-mutants.

I am probably perceived by some to be more likely than the average commenter to come down on a different side of an argument along these lines. In this case, however, I probably disagree with him at least as strongly as you do. My tactical consideration seems to be that if I disagree with Aurini I'm a "mangina", not a "mutant".