That's a strange thing to say considering that, as a C programmer, you're much more concerned with implementation issues rather than expressing high level ideas. In general, when I'm given a problem, I care about the organization of my data. I'm not concerned with memory management.
If you want to play with straw men, go elsewhere. All you're doing here is wasting everyone's time, including your own.
I'm not sure why you're getting defensive.
And I guess "organization of my data" was a bad example.
Maybe I can be more helpful:
Being a programmer is like being a novelist. You need to be able to construct a plot, but you also need a powerful vocabulary. I'm saying C helps develop your computer vocabulary, and you're saying the programming analog of "but it doesn't tell you how to invent interesting characters!" Totally different parts of a useful experience.