Strawman arguments?
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Re: Strawman arguments?
We should be MOST skeptical of ideas we like because we are sufficiently skeptical of ideas that we don't like. Penn Jillette.
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Sorry. 
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Re: Strawman arguments?
I once got in an altercation with Worzel Gummidge.
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People who claim that also eat schnitzel.Animavore wrote:I once got in an altercation with Worzel Gummidge.
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Re: Strawman arguments?
Well, it depends on what I say. Many times I don't believe what I say, I just say it for the sake of the debate. Aristotle said, "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it."Mr.Samsa wrote:It seems strange to think that anyone would call you a contrarian. There are many names that people could call you that might apply but surely everyone sees that you believe what you say.Seth wrote:
That's what I've been telling everybody for decades now...I'm not a contrarian, they're just always wrong.
I do love the idea that you argue against liberals simply for the sake of being contrary though.
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...or more aptly what Homer Simpson said:Seth wrote: Many times I don't believe what I say, I just say it for the sake of the debate. Aristotle said, "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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That is loser talk, some people work hard and fail and some rely on their god given right not to even try. Then you have the left who want to bring everyone down to their level of incompetence.rainbow wrote:...or more aptly what Homer Simpson said:Seth wrote: Many times I don't believe what I say, I just say it for the sake of the debate. Aristotle said, "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
We should be MOST skeptical of ideas we like because we are sufficiently skeptical of ideas that we don't like. Penn Jillette.
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"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."DaveDodo007 wrote:That is loser talk, some people work hard and fail and some rely on their god given right not to even try. Then you have the left who want to bring everyone down to their level of incompetence.rainbow wrote:...or more aptly what Homer Simpson said:Seth wrote: Many times I don't believe what I say, I just say it for the sake of the debate. Aristotle said, "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
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You are so naive as lefty liberals are right and are always right and don't you dare question them on their righteousness. If you do, you need to be taken to re-education camps which will show you how right they are, it is best for everyone (even if they disagree) on how right the lefty liberals are. They are such authoritarian cunts that I am thinking of how to stock up on guns and ammo and find a safe (well fortified position) space just to be allowed to be wrong on anything and everything. See you in the foxholes.Seth wrote:Well, it depends on what I say. Many times I don't believe what I say, I just say it for the sake of the debate. Aristotle said, "The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it."Mr.Samsa wrote:It seems strange to think that anyone would call you a contrarian. There are many names that people could call you that might apply but surely everyone sees that you believe what you say.Seth wrote:
That's what I've been telling everybody for decades now...I'm not a contrarian, they're just always wrong.
I do love the idea that you argue against liberals simply for the sake of being contrary though.
We should be MOST skeptical of ideas we like because we are sufficiently skeptical of ideas that we don't like. Penn Jillette.
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