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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
if i may ask, is what you're basically saying is "if there are logical fallicies in peoples posts, don't point them out to show how they are wrong, that's boring. using proper debate tactics is boring. calling us out on them is nothing but arrogent."
that's basically how your statement reads to me. it sounds like you're just rehashing the 'anti-intellectual' rhetoric that seems to prevail through the current conservative populace. which really doesn't make sense to me... after all, who is going to give you a more correct answer to why the sky is blue... someone with a phd in physics or a farmer who dropped out of school in the 8th grade? i'd say odds are on the phd.
/sorry for thread jack.
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No, what I'm saying is essentially "don't be an ass". Point out if you think they are wrong, but don't try to win points or enlarge your e-peen by running off textbook definitions of logical fallacies when your own posts aren't up to this texbook standard. Especially when said individual tries to use textbook definitions and fails, such as using informal fallacies as a test of validity of an argument (fyi, informal fallacies deal with the truth of an arguments premises, whereas validity only deals with the form of an argument). And also be aware that politics isn't something that can have strict rules of logic applied, since many views when broke down to their essential elements do not have premises that can be categorically proven to be true or false. It has nothing to do with the pseudo-intellectualism practiced by many liberals.