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Originally Posted by willravel
Most people would get warned or even banned for making such a statement, and I don't think the fact that you are a moderator should make you exempt.
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In no way was this statement meant to be an attack:
"I'm sorry to completely fuck over your bullshit conspiracy-theory assertions with facts. Facts will do that, though."
Am I yelling? No. Did I call you anything? No. Did I, in fact,
only go after your argument, and not you the
person? Yes. Calling your argument bullshit conspiracy theory is not an affront to you, it's an attack on your argument- plain and simple. We've had out the "attack the argument, not the poster" conversation time and time and time again. Ask most anyone who's posted in the Politics forum for a while, they'll tell you how often I've hammered in "attack the subject and argument, NOT the poster".
So, again, does calling your argument bullshit conspiracy theory,
after i'd already called on you
several times to prove yourself, and you had yet to prove one single iota of the vast array of claims you made... make that an attack on you............. or an attack on the material you're presenting?
It's me going after your assertions. Did I call you names? No. I did not do that, and I
would not do that. I said, "prove that bullshit conspricy-theory stuff". Attack the subject, not the poster. I never once attacked you. It's a very long-standing rule of debate here on the TFP.
I have very much enjoyed the entirety of our exchange in this thread, as I love a good debate. I don't know where you're getting any hostility from, i'm really enjoying the ability to share knowledge and engage in conversation. I don't know why you feel attacked, but i'm sorry.
Maybe I could have phrased it differently, but words are just words. If the ones I chose made you upset, then I'm sorry those words have bad meaning for you, but i'm just having normal conversation.
Again, I'm sorry if it came across as an attack, I apologize.
I wish text wasn't so... pale? I like that. It's just... pale.
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Originally Posted by Ch'i
...and having an orgy of self-proclaimed victory at the same time.
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I didn't think the playful addition of a whimsical Willy Wonka quote could be taken for an orgy of self-proclaimed victory. It's just a funny line from Gene Wilder. I wish he still did some movies, but he's like 73 now... lived a full life, that guy. heh