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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 10:03 PM
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76. Someone who out of hand dismisses others is calling me laughable?
Edited on Thu Jun-07-07 10:07 PM by tom_paine
The simple point (apparently, not simple enough) is that nearly every conspiracy felony started out as a "crazy conspiracy theory".

Further, the sad, tired, and pathetic rhetorical tactic of "smear by labelling" could not get any sadder nor pathetic, save that it's directly from the O'Reilly/Hannity/Limbaugh playbook.

I wonder what number strategy your philosophical guiding stars (at least in the matter of rhetoric) would be? You wouldn't happen to know, would you?

Further, it's not a straw man argument, smart guy. It's an insult to the weak-minded who have been with us throughout history, closing their eyes to the "big lies" variously told by the powerful to the Useful Idiots, and ridiculing those who dare to consider the possibilities. When those who dare to ponder the possibilities ultimately and frequently wind up driving legitimate investigations (like Wategate and Iran-Contra, to name two) with what started out as "kooky conspiracy theories".

How could you not notice it's not an argument but an insult? Weak minds are so slow on the uptake, aren't they?

The Wannsee Conference Minutes, for example, smuggled out of Nazi Germany, was immediately dismissed by the weak-minded as "Jewish (Liberal) Propaganda", a conspiracy theory to be ridiculed and ignored. Really, the list of "conspiracy theories" hat turned out to be factual felonies are too numerus too list, but also too numerous to list are the weak-inded souls who prolonged the agony of the concentration camp victims, and all the other victims of conspiracies which turned out to be factual felonies, but who's exposure was delayed by lack of investigation.

But, if Fox "News" and your philosophical guiding stars with their legions of writers and billions of dollars cannot succesfully snuff out legitimate inquiry with their much more sophisticated version of your Bushie Smear & Dismiss Strategy #67-A, do you really think your pathetic rhetorical machinations can stop DUers who are much more strong-minded than you could ever imagine?

Oh, and by the way, a weak mind could and probably would now claim the nonsensical Godwin's Law (made even more irrelevant by the increasing number of similarities between Bushies and Nazis, particularly in the area of rhetoric, today) and crow victory.

NOTE: I am not implying you are a Loyal Bushie, merely that you are using one of their rhetorical strategies they have used to long and good effect in their attempt to shut down legitimate inquiry and investigation into their crimes, which of course are "kooky conspiracy theoriies". Bravo on your talents of mimicry.

Had everyone been like you, Watergate would never have been uncovered, nor My Lai.

But I digress. Primarily, I was wondering why you would choose to mimic Bushie Rhetorical Strategy instead of developing one of your own. I know it's hard work, but try anyway.

Weak minds. What can you do? Not a thing. What can the weak minds do? Try some more dismissive Loyal Bushie Rhetorical put-down strategies and try to wear the opponent out throgh repetition as well as thickheadedness.

(but two can play at that game, can't they?)
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