Right, there is no serious debate, particularly if the NYTimes says so. My turn to laugh.
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:03 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Platt said to dmb: > Excellent use of the Alinsky tactic of demonizing those you disagree with > by using ridicule in order to avoid serious debate. > > > dmb says: > > I'm demonizing my opponents? Look in the mirror, Mister. You've the one > talking about murderous socialism and then you construed my efforts to > provide context as a form of deception. And now you're characterizing my > criticism of your bad "logic" as ridicule, demonization, and as an evasion > of serious debate. > > There is no serious debate to evade. The whole thing is predicated on a > fiction. As I explained in the propaganda thread, your central premise was > manufactured by a public relations agency on behalf of Republican > operatives. The falsity of it is a matter of public record now and so the > right-wing spin on that New York Times editorial is an attempt to resurrect > the issue. Even though the editorial explicitly said the so-called "death > panels" were a fiction used by demagogues, you and the right-wing bloggers > used that editorial to do exactly that. > > This is not demonization. This is a deconstruction of your case. So what if > I use a little humor to make the point? > > You really don't see how absurd it is to accuse someone of trying to "hide" > something by putting it back in its original context? If you want to hide > the original meaning of somebody's statement, you take it out of its > original context. Everyone knows that putting a statement in context is > exactly how one would NOT hide the truth. That's why it's funny just to hear > the phrase, "hide it with context". Don't you want to correct your statement > or something? Do you think such an irrational accusation will stand if you > paint me as the bad guy for saying how illogical it is? I don't. > > > > > > > On 15 Sep 2010 at 12:34, david buchanan wrote: > > > > > > > > Platt said to dmb: > > > No matter how you or the leftist editorial writer at the Times want to > hide it with "context," the fact of government control of life and death > decisions stands out like a sore thumb. > > > > > > > > > dmb says: > > > The writer and I are hiding the "fact" with context? > > > > > > Hilarious. > > > > > > Sounds like Stephan Colbert doing a parody of a right-winger's "logic". > > > > > > Hide it with context. That is truly funny. > > > > 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 > > 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 > 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
