Reciprocating Bill
Posts: 4265
Joined: Oct. 2006
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Dacook reviews Schopenhauer's catalog of unfair, manipulative, and downright mean rhetorical tactics, and notes that Darwinian defenders, desperate obfuscators all, employ each and every one. He includes a summary of the ad hominem attack:
| Quote | | 38. “Become personal, insulting and rude as soon as you perceive that your opponent has the upper hand. ...This is a very popular technique, because it takes so little skill to put it into effect.” |
He continues...
| Quote | | ...I’ve been on the receiving end of this sort of thing more than once myself. This tactic is by far the most common “answer” to ID proponents and NDE critics, precisely because it takes so little skill... |
No ID advocate would stoop so low. He concludes:
| Quote | | ...Alas, a little skill is all most of them have. |
Uh, Dakook? Since we are getting to know one another and all, can I call you "Duh," for short?
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Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be.
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you."
- David Foster Wallace
"Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down."
- Barry Arrington
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