I have a strongly negative reaction to straw man arguments.
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.
I'm not sure why you're getting defensive.
And I guess "organization of my data" was a bad example.