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As I've said before, populism is a crutch for those unwilling to think critically.
Try not to say it again.
You appear to be one of those really boring people who use their fingers to air-quote as they speak.
True?
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As I've said before, populism is a crutch for those unwilling to think critically.
As I've said before, populism is a crutch for those unwilling to think critically.
Try not to say it again.
You appear to be one of those really boring people who use their fingers to air-quote as they speak.
True?
As I've said before, populism is a crutch for those unwilling to think critically.
Try not to say it again.
You appear to be one of those really boring people who use their fingers to air-quote as they speak.
True?
Nope.
You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals that makes emotional, rhetorical claims pretending to be logical and rational, then resorts to ad hom attacks when anyone challenges them.
True?
Try not to say it again.
You appear to be one of those really boring people who use their fingers to air-quote as they speak.
True?
Nope.
You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals that makes emotional, rhetorical claims pretending to be logical and rational, then resorts to ad hom attacks when anyone challenges them.
True?
1. "You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals..."
On what possible basis would a dunce like you recognize any form of intellectual....fake or otherwise?
2. "... then resorts to ad hom attacks..."
Au contraire....I don't 'resort'.....I 'leap' to.
You call them ad hominem attacks, I call them descriptions....
I can be nicer....if you can be smarter.
3. But....to save you stress, the next time I feel the urge to so identify you, remember this advice:
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
Nope.
You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals that makes emotional, rhetorical claims pretending to be logical and rational, then resorts to ad hom attacks when anyone challenges them.
True?
1. "You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals..."
On what possible basis would a dunce like you recognize any form of intellectual....fake or otherwise?
2. "... then resorts to ad hom attacks..."
Au contraire....I don't 'resort'.....I 'leap' to.
You call them ad hominem attacks, I call them descriptions....
I can be nicer....if you can be smarter.
3. But....to save you stress, the next time I feel the urge to so identify you, remember this advice:
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
More blather, no content.
When I say that populism is for the weak-minded, I refer to the idea that it - at first look - fails as a logical fallacy. It's a false decision.
It appeals to people because it lets them feel good about themselves. Look at your thread title - who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath". It's the same appeal that conspiracy theories have - and also allows you to blame everything wrong on those "elites", convincing yourself that all of your problems come from the evil plans of the elites.
Let's look at your OP. Replace "progressives" with "Jews", and you get Nazi Germany. Replace it with "Bourgeoisie", and you get Soviet Russia. All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to populism.
As I've said before, populism is a crutch for those unwilling to think critically.
The pipe in your avatar makes everything you write come across with the icy authority of an irreproachable elder statesman ~
1. "You appear to be one of those fake intellectuals..."
On what possible basis would a dunce like you recognize any form of intellectual....fake or otherwise?
2. "... then resorts to ad hom attacks..."
Au contraire....I don't 'resort'.....I 'leap' to.
You call them ad hominem attacks, I call them descriptions....
I can be nicer....if you can be smarter.
3. But....to save you stress, the next time I feel the urge to so identify you, remember this advice:
On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
More blather, no content.
When I say that populism is for the weak-minded, I refer to the idea that it - at first look - fails as a logical fallacy. It's a false decision.
It appeals to people because it lets them feel good about themselves. Look at your thread title - who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath". It's the same appeal that conspiracy theories have - and also allows you to blame everything wrong on those "elites", convincing yourself that all of your problems come from the evil plans of the elites.
Let's look at your OP. Replace "progressives" with "Jews", and you get Nazi Germany. Replace it with "Bourgeoisie", and you get Soviet Russia. All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to populism.
Why do you insist on going out of your way to verify everything I've revealed about you?
1. Are you a dope?
Let's see.
You wrote "More blather, no content."
Then you write "Let's look at your OP. Replace blah blah blah...."....arguing with the content.
Yup...you're a dope.
2. Now to rip your post some more....gee...it is the proverbial beating a dead horse, huh.
But...it feels good, and can't resist the temptation.
So...you post: "who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath".
But my content-rich well constructed series of posts clearly document the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrat communists as Goliaths to the conservative's David in these areas:
a. funding
b. lobbyists
c. organization
d. not in the posts, because it is well understood, the media and the schools.
Documented.
3. One more...then I'll think of a suitable ad hominem to make you feel at home....
This gem:
"All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to..."
You should have ended the sentence with 'the French Revolution."
You know, the provenance of Liberals/Progressives....and some others:
a. [Robespierre] is the prototype of a particularly odious kind of evildoer: the ideologue who believes that reason and morality are on the side of his butcheries. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot are of the same mold. They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first.
Why Robespierre Chose Terror by John Kekes, City Journal Spring 2006
b. "If the French revolution was the end of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and the emergence of the common man and democratic rights, it was also the beginnings of modern totalitarian government and large-scale executions of "enemies of the People" by impersonal government entities (Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety"). This legacy would not reach its fullest bloom until the tragic arrival of the German Nazis and Soviet and Chinese communists of the 20th century."
French Revolution - Robespierre, and the Legacy of the Reign of Terror
And, to borrow from Edmond Rostand...."as I end my refrain, thrust home...."
You would be out of your depth in a parking-lot puddle.
Of the two of you, PoliticalChic is the one who has posted anything of substance. Can you answer her or can't you?More blather, no content.
When I say that populism is for the weak-minded, I refer to the idea that it - at first look - fails as a logical fallacy. It's a false decision.
It appeals to people because it lets them feel good about themselves. Look at your thread title - who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath". It's the same appeal that conspiracy theories have - and also allows you to blame everything wrong on those "elites", convincing yourself that all of your problems come from the evil plans of the elites.
Let's look at your OP. Replace "progressives" with "Jews", and you get Nazi Germany. Replace it with "Bourgeoisie", and you get Soviet Russia. All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to populism.
Why do you insist on going out of your way to verify everything I've revealed about you?
1. Are you a dope?
Let's see.
You wrote "More blather, no content."
Then you write "Let's look at your OP. Replace blah blah blah...."....arguing with the content.
Yup...you're a dope.
2. Now to rip your post some more....gee...it is the proverbial beating a dead horse, huh.
But...it feels good, and can't resist the temptation.
So...you post: "who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath".
But my content-rich well constructed series of posts clearly document the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrat communists as Goliaths to the conservative's David in these areas:
a. funding
b. lobbyists
c. organization
d. not in the posts, because it is well understood, the media and the schools.
Documented.
3. One more...then I'll think of a suitable ad hominem to make you feel at home....
This gem:
"All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to..."
You should have ended the sentence with 'the French Revolution."
You know, the provenance of Liberals/Progressives....and some others:
a. [Robespierre] is the prototype of a particularly odious kind of evildoer: the ideologue who believes that reason and morality are on the side of his butcheries. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot are of the same mold. They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first.
Why Robespierre Chose Terror by John Kekes, City Journal Spring 2006
b. "If the French revolution was the end of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and the emergence of the common man and democratic rights, it was also the beginnings of modern totalitarian government and large-scale executions of "enemies of the People" by impersonal government entities (Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety"). This legacy would not reach its fullest bloom until the tragic arrival of the German Nazis and Soviet and Chinese communists of the 20th century."
French Revolution - Robespierre, and the Legacy of the Reign of Terror
And, to borrow from Edmond Rostand...."as I end my refrain, thrust home...."
You would be out of your depth in a parking-lot puddle.
I see you're dead set on proving my point.
I should have known better than expecting intellectual honest from you.
More blather, no content.
When I say that populism is for the weak-minded, I refer to the idea that it - at first look - fails as a logical fallacy. It's a false decision.
It appeals to people because it lets them feel good about themselves. Look at your thread title - who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath". It's the same appeal that conspiracy theories have - and also allows you to blame everything wrong on those "elites", convincing yourself that all of your problems come from the evil plans of the elites.
Let's look at your OP. Replace "progressives" with "Jews", and you get Nazi Germany. Replace it with "Bourgeoisie", and you get Soviet Russia. All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to populism.
Why do you insist on going out of your way to verify everything I've revealed about you?
1. Are you a dope?
Let's see.
You wrote "More blather, no content."
Then you write "Let's look at your OP. Replace blah blah blah...."....arguing with the content.
Yup...you're a dope.
2. Now to rip your post some more....gee...it is the proverbial beating a dead horse, huh.
But...it feels good, and can't resist the temptation.
So...you post: "who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath".
But my content-rich well constructed series of posts clearly document the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrat communists as Goliaths to the conservative's David in these areas:
a. funding
b. lobbyists
c. organization
d. not in the posts, because it is well understood, the media and the schools.
Documented.
3. One more...then I'll think of a suitable ad hominem to make you feel at home....
This gem:
"All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to..."
You should have ended the sentence with 'the French Revolution."
You know, the provenance of Liberals/Progressives....and some others:
a. [Robespierre] is the prototype of a particularly odious kind of evildoer: the ideologue who believes that reason and morality are on the side of his butcheries. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot are of the same mold. They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first.
Why Robespierre Chose Terror by John Kekes, City Journal Spring 2006
b. "If the French revolution was the end of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and the emergence of the common man and democratic rights, it was also the beginnings of modern totalitarian government and large-scale executions of "enemies of the People" by impersonal government entities (Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety"). This legacy would not reach its fullest bloom until the tragic arrival of the German Nazis and Soviet and Chinese communists of the 20th century."
French Revolution - Robespierre, and the Legacy of the Reign of Terror
And, to borrow from Edmond Rostand...."as I end my refrain, thrust home...."
You would be out of your depth in a parking-lot puddle.
I see you're dead set on proving my point.
I should have known better than expecting intellectual honest from you.
Of the two of you, PoliticalChic is the one who has posted anything of substance. Can you answer her or can't you?Why do you insist on going out of your way to verify everything I've revealed about you?
1. Are you a dope?
Let's see.
You wrote "More blather, no content."
Then you write "Let's look at your OP. Replace blah blah blah...."....arguing with the content.
Yup...you're a dope.
2. Now to rip your post some more....gee...it is the proverbial beating a dead horse, huh.
But...it feels good, and can't resist the temptation.
So...you post: "who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath".
But my content-rich well constructed series of posts clearly document the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrat communists as Goliaths to the conservative's David in these areas:
a. funding
b. lobbyists
c. organization
d. not in the posts, because it is well understood, the media and the schools.
Documented.
3. One more...then I'll think of a suitable ad hominem to make you feel at home....
This gem:
"All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to..."
You should have ended the sentence with 'the French Revolution."
You know, the provenance of Liberals/Progressives....and some others:
a. [Robespierre] is the prototype of a particularly odious kind of evildoer: the ideologue who believes that reason and morality are on the side of his butcheries. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot are of the same mold. They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first.
Why Robespierre Chose Terror by John Kekes, City Journal Spring 2006
b. "If the French revolution was the end of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and the emergence of the common man and democratic rights, it was also the beginnings of modern totalitarian government and large-scale executions of "enemies of the People" by impersonal government entities (Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety"). This legacy would not reach its fullest bloom until the tragic arrival of the German Nazis and Soviet and Chinese communists of the 20th century."
French Revolution - Robespierre, and the Legacy of the Reign of Terror
And, to borrow from Edmond Rostand...."as I end my refrain, thrust home...."
You would be out of your depth in a parking-lot puddle.
I see you're dead set on proving my point.
I should have known better than expecting intellectual honest from you.
Of the two of you, PoliticalChic is the one who has posted anything of substance. Can you answer her or can't you?Why do you insist on going out of your way to verify everything I've revealed about you?
1. Are you a dope?
Let's see.
You wrote "More blather, no content."
Then you write "Let's look at your OP. Replace blah blah blah...."....arguing with the content.
Yup...you're a dope.
2. Now to rip your post some more....gee...it is the proverbial beating a dead horse, huh.
But...it feels good, and can't resist the temptation.
So...you post: "who doesn't want to see themselves as the underdog hero going against the evil giant, to play the part of the "David" going up against the "Goliath".
But my content-rich well constructed series of posts clearly document the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrat communists as Goliaths to the conservative's David in these areas:
a. funding
b. lobbyists
c. organization
d. not in the posts, because it is well understood, the media and the schools.
Documented.
3. One more...then I'll think of a suitable ad hominem to make you feel at home....
This gem:
"All of the biggest human tragedies since the French Revolution have been directly due to..."
You should have ended the sentence with 'the French Revolution."
You know, the provenance of Liberals/Progressives....and some others:
a. [Robespierre] is the prototype of a particularly odious kind of evildoer: the ideologue who believes that reason and morality are on the side of his butcheries. Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot are of the same mold. They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first.
Why Robespierre Chose Terror by John Kekes, City Journal Spring 2006
b. "If the French revolution was the end of monarchy and aristocratic privilege and the emergence of the common man and democratic rights, it was also the beginnings of modern totalitarian government and large-scale executions of "enemies of the People" by impersonal government entities (Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety"). This legacy would not reach its fullest bloom until the tragic arrival of the German Nazis and Soviet and Chinese communists of the 20th century."
French Revolution - Robespierre, and the Legacy of the Reign of Terror
And, to borrow from Edmond Rostand...."as I end my refrain, thrust home...."
You would be out of your depth in a parking-lot puddle.
I see you're dead set on proving my point.
I should have known better than expecting intellectual honest from you.
Oh, is that a rule? Okay.wegggy.....careful or we're gonna get flagged for piling on!
Oh, is that a rule? Okay.wegggy.....careful or we're gonna get flagged for piling on!
And I prefer the traditional seventh grade spelling. Wedgie. That name fits me more snuggly.
She knows that. She didn't "warn" me because it was a rule.Oh, is that a rule? Okay.wegggy.....careful or we're gonna get flagged for piling on!
And I prefer the traditional seventh grade spelling. Wedgie. That name fits me more snuggly.
As with nearly everything else PC has posted, this is also wrong.
There is no rule against "piling on".
Oh, is that a rule? Okay.wegggy.....careful or we're gonna get flagged for piling on!
And I prefer the traditional seventh grade spelling. Wedgie. That name fits me more snuggly.
As with nearly everything else PC has posted, this is also wrong.
There is no rule against "piling on".
It's just another rhetorical trick as an attempt to undermine my position (as a moderator and poster) without actually addressing my post.
Oh, is that a rule? Okay.wegggy.....careful or we're gonna get flagged for piling on!
And I prefer the traditional seventh grade spelling. Wedgie. That name fits me more snuggly.
As with nearly everything else PC has posted, this is also wrong.
There is no rule against "piling on".
It's just another rhetorical trick as an attempt to undermine my position (as a moderator and poster) without actually addressing my post.
Oh, is that a rule? Okay.
And I prefer the traditional seventh grade spelling. Wedgie. That name fits me more snuggly.
As with nearly everything else PC has posted, this is also wrong.
There is no rule against "piling on".
It's just another rhetorical trick as an attempt to undermine my position (as a moderator and poster) without actually addressing my post.
I think you're both brilliant and very attractive.
"As with nearly everything else PC has posted, this is also wrong."
Oh....never mind.