Actually, I know of several R/Hers - myself included - who have said many times over the years that, should we turn out to have been wrong (in the event that no really does mean yes, I suppose), we fully expect to come in for our share of gloating from your side. The debates have been too long-going and too nasty for that not to happen. Speaking personally, I've made my bed, and it would be cowardly of me not to be prepared to lie in it.

And I wouldn't call it pride that makes us so confident. We simply trust the author and find it rather tacky for people to accuse her of being deceptive when she's trying to get her intentions across as tastefully and appropriately as possible.