More like, Liberals who were once "liberal and tolerant" in their views have been moving so far to the left that tolerance is a thing of the past, and the "modern liberal" is just as intolerant as an extreme right winged conservative. Those of us who are true moderates are called right or left winged depending on who we are talking too. Of course I'm just a long haired, born in the city, country boy, who inhaled in the 70's and won't deny it, but gave it up in the 80's when it became a drug (nah it was just time to grow up... a little). Besides disco ruined the buzz. Damn disco music, as bad as RAP! Stuntman
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > Communism in its theoretical sense is simply a version of socialism. > Whether the generalization is true, Democrats are generally seen as > supporting more social programs than Republicans, consequently given a > choice between a republican and a Democratic candidate I suppose is not > surprising that someone who believes in Communistic theories (very different > than the totalitarian practices of Stalinistic USSR) would support the > candidate perceived as socially focused, or "people-friendly". > > The argument in your new three statements is much better since it is more > realistic, however in the academic sense it is still false logic since the > first two statements are assumptions related to future events, rather than > facts. Thus the third statement is only true should both of the first two > assumptions come true. Consequently, the third statement is not true. = > false logic. > > The CPUSA does not have a candidate capable of defeating Bush. > Kerry is the only candidate that is capable of defeating Bush. > The only way they can accomplish their goal to defeat Bush is to vote for > Kerry. > > Mark Felling > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lubin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Political Garbage, & False Logic .... Reaction to: > Communist Party Endorsement Kerry/Edwards > > > At 03:21 PM 10/10/2004, Mark Felling wrote: > > > Further, the logic saying that if the Communist Party does not support Bush > (which I question the validity of such an official statement having been > made), then they must support Kerry is just as silly. That is like saying > if A does not equal B, then B must equal C. This is not a form of deduction > or even induction, but rather one of the most common examples of false > logic. > > > The statement is on the official web site of the Communist Party USA. > http://www.cpusa.org/ > Build Unity! Defeat Bush and the Ultra Right! "the overriding political task > is to defeat Bush and his counterparts in Congress and elect Kerry and a > more people-friendly Congress" > > The CPUSA does not have a candidate capable of defeating Bush. > Kerry is the only candidate that is capable of defeating Bush. > The only way they can accomplish their goal to defeat Bush is to vote for > Kerry. > > I only went to college for 1 year and did take a logic class, so can you > please explain how it is false logic? > > > > > -- It's not the fall that hurts. Home page http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ Graphics portfolio http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm Domain space http://nw-in.com/index.html
