"If ever you propound an argument - Democratic Underground

mzteris

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Fri Apr-23-10 11:16 AM
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"If ever you propound an argument

and all the other side can do in response is have a tantrum, you may consider yourself the winner, by default, of that debate. It is, I grant you, small consolation, but I commend it to you anyway. If you insist on trying to be a reasonable person in an unreasonable time, you should get used to small consolations. " Leonard Pitts, Columnist, Miami Herald

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Fri Apr-23-10 11:17 AM
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1. I'm putting you on ignore!

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Robb

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Fri Apr-23-10 11:18 AM
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2. Pff. You can't tell, but I'm stomping my feet right now.

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mzteris

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Fri Apr-23-10 11:18 AM
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3. For you, there's a special smilie:

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JuniperLea

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Fri Apr-23-10 11:31 AM
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4. I've always considered that to be true...

Nice to see someone put it to eloquence! Kudos, Mr. Pitts.

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pscot

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Fri Apr-23-10 12:03 PM
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5. Pitts was one of my favorites

before my newspaper went away.

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Silent3

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Fri Apr-23-10 12:09 PM
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6. Well, mostly true...

...but sometimes, when a person has already patiently argued against a given bad argument many times already, but other people keep coming back with the same stupidity which has been well debunked (often the same people, not just newbies who haven't heard any good counterarguments yet), I can't blame that person for occasionally wanting to blow off steam in the face of unrelenting idiocy and bad memes that refuse to die.

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mzteris

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Fri Apr-23-10 01:28 PM
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7. i hear ya!

I admit to getting frustrated in the face of those "temper tantrum" arguments, the lack of logic and critical thinking, the inability to see an issue from more than just ONE POV, the fingers-in-the-ears-lalala personality type who won't - or can't - even begin to comprehend that their world view just might be !gasp! wrong, or at least very very biased and one-sided.

Then, yeah, I've been known to get a little "temper-y" myself. :rofl:

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