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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 313 days) Posts: 16113 Joined:
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It's called the fallacy of replying-to-someone-who-writes-"She-obviously-has-a-strong-grasp-of-truth"-by-demonstrating-that-she-has-only-the-most-tenuous-grasp-on-reality. Though some pedants have pointed out that this is not actually a fallacy.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
"I told the Lord that I wouldn't go to the hospital."
Son Of Late Snake-Handling Pastor Is Bitten By RattlesnakeWhen I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to meannothing more nor less.
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Diomedes Member Posts: 996 From: Central Florida, USA Joined:
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quote: I have a suggestion: can we import a few snakes from overseas for these lunatics? Maybe a King Brown from Australia or a Black Mamba from Africa. My guess is these bozos are going to find out quite rapidly what happens when you mess with those serpents. Hey, if they truly believe they can handle snakes without fear, that should include ALL snakes, right?
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ringo Member (Idle past 441 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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quote:I wonder what the Snake-Handlers would think of a Cyanide-Drinking cult.
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 313 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
Oh look, she uses The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion as a text for homeschooling, it's part of the fifth-grade curriculum.
http://www.biblicalscholarship.net/ Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.
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Diomedes Member Posts: 996 From: Central Florida, USA Joined:
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Oh look, she uses The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion as a text for homeschooling, it's part of the fifth-grade curriculum. Might as well toss in Dianetics at this stage. Or go for the trifecta and also include 'Atlas Shrugged'. This is what us Canadians might call the 'Looney Hat Trick'.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
No, it's the fallacy of imputing to me the acceptance of the whole when all I affirmed was the small part actually referred to, having no knowledge of the site of my own. This is very sleazy debate form.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 313 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
So when you say someone "has a strong grasp of truth" you just mean they're right about one thing? You'd say Stalin "had a strong grasp of truth" because he knew his six times table?
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I was responding to what was quoted to me, period.
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Percy Member Posts: 22504 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Faith writes: No, it's the fallacy of imputing to me the acceptance of the whole when all I affirmed was the small part actually referred to, having no knowledge of the site of my own. This is very sleazy debate form. If you'd stop saying things without thinking you wouldn't be constantly engaged in attempts to convince people you didn't say what you very clearly said. It's still right there in Message 57. Wouldn't it be easier to just go back and edit your old messages instead of trying to convince people that words have completely different meanings when you use them? --Percy
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
It is obvious to anyone who knows how to read that I was responding only to what was quoted to me. All the rest was dug up later to insinuate the lie that I accept everything at that site.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
Having "a strong grasp of the truth" can hardly be inferred simply by her posting or agreeing with some of Coston's essays. Rather it speaks to similar pro-Stuart prejudices (Tracey, like Coston, is, for instance, definitely not a fan of the Puritan Commonwealth). And let us not forget that one of those essays defends the burning of men for heresy.
Her endorsement of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and of geocentrism on the other hand weigh rather heavily against any such idea and in favour of the idea that she is a "loony" If you were to be honest, Faith, I think that you would have to admit that your declaration was a kneejerk reaction that happened to be badly mistaken.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1473 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Until I've read it for myself I don't have an opinion about her site as a whole. Meanwhile why can't you all admit that your tactics are sleazy?
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It is obvious to anyone who knows how to read that I was responding only to what was quoted to me. All the rest was dug up later to insinuate the lie that I accept everything at that site. The message you responded to, Message 55, contains no quotes. It had a link to the site. Your response, which also contains no quotes, ends with this:
quote: To me, a person who knows how to read, it looks like you are saying that you had spent some time on her site and what you saw there were a lot of things that you agreed with. And nobody has implied that you except everything there.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
quote: You think that endorsing geocentrism and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion isn't enough to regard her as unreliable ? And I note that you were quite prepared to say that she had "a strong grasp of the truth" without making such an evaluation.
quote: What tactics ? I have no idea of what you are talking about.
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