[Platt] Now Arlo appoints himself the arbiter of honesty and validity. The beat of insufferable arrogance from the fount of intellect goes on. Pathetic.
On 25 Jul 2010 at 14:01, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote: [Platt] Arlo fancies anyone who challenges his contradictions (which he doesn't want to repeat) to be anti-intellectual, thereby pinning a rose on himself. The arrogance never ends. [Arlo] A dishonest trifecta! Are you trying for a talk-radio gold medal? Let's recall this started with the claim that Arlo thinks Pirsig is too "pigheaded" to change his mind. That was nonsense. Dishonesty 1. Then you came back with "Arlo says Pirsig could change his mind except about one of his opinions." More nonsense. Dishonesty 2. Now you move towards the above nonsense. Dishonesty 3. All in the span of a day. [Arlo had quoted Bo as saying] As usual, there's no mention of other supporters of Bo's position. The fear he's right is palpable. [Platt] Bo? Bo said that? Talk about intellectual dishonesty. Like putting something I didn't say in quotes The hypocrisy never stops. [Arlo] You are right. Unlike you, I am not afraid to admit a mistake. The above quote was YOU, not Bo. The mistype was a simple mistake, but I apologize for the error. [Arlo's reply, however, stands] Just more nonsense. Why would I "fear" Bo is right? As I said to Adrie, and is obvious to all, this sort of "talk-radio" bombast is the only recourse to those arguing "for" Bo. His ideas are intellectually worthless, and so you all offer nothing but emotionally-driven distortions and dishonesty. [Platt] Why? Because it challenges your self-assigned eminence as a fount of intellect. [Arlo] Such idiocy! Dishonesty 4! If anything, to be at least plausibly correct, you should say it "challenges Pirsig's eminence as a fount of intellect", since Bo's disagreement is not with me, it is with Pirsig. But this is just more piss-poor rhetoric. Of course, I expect nothing but this from the talk-radio crowd. You've proven loooong ago that this kind of dishonest rhetoric is really all you have to offer. [Platt] Arlo is a poster boy for academic hypocrisy, praising diversity of ideas on one hand and demonizing those who challenge approved ways of thinking on the other. [Arlo] As if a Dishonesty score of 4 was not enough, you know up it to 5. Kudos. As anyone withe half a brain and the ability to read knows, I don't "demonize" Bo for proposing an alternative MOQ to Pirsig's. Indeed, I've said repeatedly that such a stance (Bo's MOQ is better than Pirsig's MOQ) is VALID. Can you understand the word "valid", Platt? Do I need to explain it? What I condemn is the atrocious dishonesty surrounding the sole goal of interpretative legitimacy, going so low as to claim to speak better than Pirsig for his pre-hospitalized ideas. You bet such dishonesty draws my ire. And I am sure you next post will up the Dishonest score even more, go for it. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
