Steve said:
... dmb resorted to an ad hominem to avoid having to respond to the argument
that Marsha made. See below...
> Marsha previously:
> Right. Dmb is conflating the SOM and MoQ; they're two different
> metaphysics. The MOQ rejects the Cartesian self as a ridiculous
> fiction and replaces that concept of the self with the MOQ's concept
> of the self as a complex ecology of static patterns. The Cartesian
> self is the problem and the MOQ's self is the solution to that
> problem. But Dmb has confused and conflated these two concepts so
> that he ends up rejecting the MOQ's solution. Then the MOQ's solution,
> not to mention the author of the MOQ, is misconstrued as the
> ridiculous fiction. He can't distinguish between the poison and the
> antidote, between the wreckage and the repair job.
dmb says:
Actually, I usually delete Marsha's posts and I hadn't seen these remarks until
you posted it. I recognize it, however, because it's a slightly re-worded
version of something I said. She merely redirected my accusation back at me.
That's not an argument. It's just childish mockery.
You edited things to make it look like I was responding to Marsha's mockery,
Steve. I wasn't. I was responding to a different set of Marsha's "equivocating
weasel words". As anyone can see from the original post, her "merely evasive"
statements, the ones with "no meaning at all" were about how she neither
accepts nor rejects free will or determinism. You had to do some work to create
this lie. Wow. You really are an asshole and liar. It's flattering in a way but
I'm also shocked at how low you've gone here. What a sleazy thing to do. I've
lost all respect for you.
And on top of all that, do you really think it's unfair to characterize
Marsha's mantra as equivocation, as meaningless weasel words? I don't. Her
track record on evasive equivocation is spectacular and unmatched. And do you
know of any way to register a complaint about weasel words without insulting
their author, at least by implication? I don't. Apparently, an "ad hominem
attack" is now defined as any criticism that hurts your feelings or states
things frankly. This means, of course, that all criticism is now off limits.
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