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Post by general313 on Feb 6, 2019 19:01:57 GMT
Trump did not get to power by force. Neither did Stalin exactly. Not to mention another famous WW2 bad boy.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Feb 6, 2019 20:49:41 GMT
Not making any argument yourself means you get to be mean to people and believe it isn't your fault, that you are not the mean one. This may well be the case but, as I am sure you will remember it is not that you do not make arguments or express opinions - in fact quite the opposite - but that everything you assert is unsubstantiated. You are of course fully entitled to say anything you want. But it is hard to take anything you say seriously when the track record of corroboration is so poor. I am not sure to what this refers. But I don't post here not to expect criticism, harsh or otherwise. I find this hard to reconcile with someone who is constantly telling people on this board they don't understand things; how superior their understanding is in relation to notions of science, religion etc; directing the ignorant to personal web pages for illumination of great issues, or how striking their progress through life has been, by way of self-recommendation - (as we saw in your last reply) lol Don't tell me what I think. No, my idea of a better plan would be for you to always try and buttress outlandish claims with external evidence. Original thought need not preclude corroboration for those fresh views. Whatever, it is reasonable to assert that proofs are made most commonly through evidence and substantiation. See my previous comments on your lack of same. Asking for substantiation is a quite reasonable thing to do when one is faced by startling claims. Also the above quote, rhetorical it may be, is not mine and so is something of straw man. Perhaps you wish me to argue against you, Heeeyyy and some others here using the technique common to you all of just posting outlandish and controversial opinions and then abandoning a thread when confronted with substantiated rebuttals? And answer came there ... none. As predicted.
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Post by geode on Feb 8, 2019 12:52:24 GMT
Did anybody else read "Animal Ranch: The Great American Fable" by Jack Newfield?
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