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Originally Posted by Zap
I don't suppose you're going to show any proof of that.
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Formatted as a syllogism:
You did not know what socialism is.
All educated people know what socialism is.
Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that you are not educated.
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Originally Posted by Zap
Nah. Didn't think so.
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I just provided you with syllogistic proof. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, because it's a sign of lack of education.
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Originally Posted by Zap
You expect others to backup what they say with proof, yet you throw out lies like this?
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No, I demand others be ready to back up what they write, and I in turn am ready to back up what I write as well.
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Originally Posted by Zap
Do you really believe the people reading this are that stupid?
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I don't know exactly who is reading, and I wouldn't make generalizations if I did know.
As for you, yes, I think you are stupid. You don't know logic. You don't know what socialism is. You seem to not know the historical record of socialism and other collectivists policies, and perhaps because of that you spout off uneducated support for totalitarian policies like smoking bans.
Your posts show an ignorance for concepts like positive rights and negative liberty. All in all, I think you're a lazy thinker. I think you could be smart if you actually thought things through, but you are too lazy to educate yourself and too lazy to think things through.
All in all, I suppose you could be stupid and incapable of intelligent thought, but in my experience, most people aren't stupid so much as they simply have their preconceived notions and refuse to think them through because of sheer laziness.
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You've been caught a number of times using dishonest debate tactics like this by more than one person and called on it.
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Name one.
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If you are going to continue making wild claims like that without any proof then this discussion is pointless.
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Any claim I make - or anybody else makes - must be supported by logical reasoning. If the poster refuses to provide such after a demand has been made, then he will no longer he allowed to post in this forum.
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Remember Ferre?
Ferre opposed you. He's no longer a mod here.
In fact, he can't post in the political forums anymore, nor can he even see them.
He had some really good posts too.
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He had a lot of shrill posts. But I made him a super mod anyway, because of his opposition to me. Sort of a "balance".
He is no longer a mod because he hadn't modded in months. And he is no longer posting in this forum for the reason I stated above - namely, that anybody posting here has an obligation to back up their statements upon demand. I made several requests for him to back up a specific claim he refused, and lost his politics forum permissions.
The same policy applies to everybody here, myself included.
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Brian used to be a mod here too. Hasn't he disagreed with you a few times here?
I wonder what happened to him. Hmmmmm.  |
That assuming thing happening again. That really does out you as a sloppy thinker. Sloppy. Very sloppy.
Brian was actually an admin in the beginning of the forum. Then he resigned. Then he came back and was an mod. Then he resigned again. Sorry to disappoint your sloppy conspiracy theory.
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Originally Posted by Zap
Seriously, why bother to call it debate?
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Who's calling it debate? You posting sloppy and uneducated claims that you cannot back up with logic - no, nobody would call that debate.