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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
smooth,
your condescension is so consistent and so virulent... it really does make posting on TFP less enjoyable and less worthwhile. you are the only poster who speaks to another poster like that on such a regular basis. does it strike you as strange that all positions who counter yours are from ignorant people, that all their arguments are ideological, that they'd broaden their horizons if they just agreed with you?
i never used the term, but you have no idea whether or not i know the origins of "white devil" or not. i'm surprised you devoted a paragraph to convincing yourself i did not.
the debate on the hostage situation isn't whether or not they possess a methodology in their tactics. my debate with you is that it's irrelevant if their is a method or not, the tactic is illegitimate making the implementation of the tactic irrelevant.
and no, i don't believe you can have a rational solution to the problem of terrorism with someone who believes that God's will is being done when they are killing a civilian. call me ignorant, call me myopic... i doubt you can insult me into changing my mind on that one.
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It doesn't surprise me in the least given that the two people I consistently see making such ideological tirades against the Iraqi people, TFP'ers in Politics, and just about anyone you have built a caricature of is you and Mojo. If it makes posting less enjoyable, stop posting. When you two left, I remained posting here. Interestingly to me, the level of discourse went up.
That indicates to me that people like Lebell, Seaver, Cynthetiq, and even Onetime (although he won't read this due to what I viewed as a minor squabble) can disagree politely, find middle ground, and not shove words in each others' mouths.
I find that anyone who thinks they aren't ignorant to some degree on a given topic to be a very dangerous person, unwilling to engage new information, and yes, incapable of broadening one's thinking horizons. I would be very surprised to find that anyone on this board didn't understand that their positions are fundamentally ideological. The difference between you and me, however, is that I prefer to expose my ideologies and examine them to see what basis they may have in whatever framework we call 'objective' reality.
You have demonstrated unwillingness to even consider that your caricature of terrorists, in general, are simply carrying orders out from on high. There is a plethora of documentation disputing that, but your beliefs and/or pride won't allow you to consider that as an option.
How you can even claim that I have a monopoly on insulting you or anyone else is beyond me. Anyone curious has the simple option of clicking search right next to your name. I found rare instances when you
didn't take a swipe at the posters on the politics board.
But this is so far off course that it should have been handled via PM instead of cluttering Mephisto's thread.