have a right to laugh and walk away :)
Dana
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:04:23 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Opps, my mistake. I missed the beginning of the quote.
>
> RUSH: ...They say that the modern era of conservatism
> has descended into harshness and other things.
>
> MR. BUCKLEY: Well, that's a weapon. People use that
> when they want to be anti-Limbaugh. They will say,
> "Well, Limbaugh belongs in that school of polemical
> thought which really should be excluded." They do that
> to Bill O'Reilly and, of course, they've done it to me
> in the past. I'm not saying that that criticism cannot
> be leveled. Sometimes it can be leveled, but to level
> it with the license that they use against you and
> O'Reilly speaks to me of a different motivation. They
> want to argue with you by simply outlawing your voice
> on the grounds that it is eccentric and extreme. It
> is, as I say, simply a polemical device.
>
> RUSH: Rather than debating the issues, disqualify and
> discredit the voice, then, is the technique?
>
>
> > Ha! Now that's funny. You do realize right, that
> > they're whining that
> > people discount their arguments because their
> > arguments are one-sided
> > and irrational?
>
> There you go again. Rather than debating the issues,
> disqualify and discredit the voice, then, is the
> technique.
>
> -sm
>
>
>
> > A polemic argument, by definition is about taking an
> > extremist and
> > divisive opinion. By its very nature, it's
> > antithetical to reaching
> > consensus and understanding. It is about
> > dogmatically attacking
> > someone else's opinions instead of trying to get
> > them to understand
> > your point of view.
> >
> > Saying the polemic style should be excluded from a
> > rational discussion
> > that is trying to reach consensus is not trying to
> > outlaw Rush or
> > O'Reilly. It's just saying that you can't use the
> > polemic style in
> > such a discussion because they are counter-opposites
> > and as such it is
> > counter-productive.
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> >________________________________
>
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