Still Debating The Recalcitrants Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

It's always good to stand your ground
in matters freely stated,
though difficult to turn around
when egos are inflated.
I hope you do not mind my friend
when I engage in laughter (?) ,
you will, just trust me, in the end
accept it or be dafter.
Prooxidants are little thieves
though without doubt essential,
but he, the chemist who believes
that Pauling's own credential
was not enough to know this stuff,
to grasp the simple science
stands all alone with his small bluff
in petulant defiance.