Zachriel
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Joined: Sep. 2006
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| Quote (Zachriel @ Sep. 04 2009,07:16) | | Quote | Blue Lotus: | Quote | 1–> Drag a distractive, subject-changing red herring across the track of inconvenient truth.
2 –> Lead it out to a strawman misrepresentation of the argument being objected to.
3 –> Soak same in subtle or blatant ad hominem mischaracterisations and slanders or innuendos.
4 –> Spectacularly ignite, clouding, confusing, poisoning and polarising the atmosphere.
5 –> Thus, shift from a discussion towards the truth and constrained by fact and logic to the provocation of a fight by resort to routine incivility.
6 –> Abuse institutional power to club down those who dare differ with you in that resulting fight. (The cases of Sternberg and Gonzalez are classics.)
7 –> Turnabout blame for the confrontation, and slander the victim as the one who “hit [back] first.”
It is time to expose and demand correction of such destructive tactics. In defense of civil society. |
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When polished and laid out like that, tard can be very beautiful.
Oh, the tears? Must be the oily smoke of burning strawmen. That's all. Really. It can leave you all choked up.
| Quote | | 5 –> Thus, shift from a discussion towards the truth and constrained by fact and logic to the provocation of a fight by resort to routine incivility. |
Oh my.
{cough, cough}
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You never step on the same tard twice—for it's not the same tard and you're not the same person.
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