Debate Now Who are the serious debaters on this forum?

[Rumpole]

Do you agree with the Betsy DeVos plan to fix our failing education system?

First off, Betsy Devos is the last person I would have nominated for her position. So, I guess 'no' is the answer you are looking for, however......

You are asking a loaded question. The subject demands more robustness than you are asking.

 

[Orangecat]

Except as regards things like liberty and rights. I hear ya'. Those things must not be important to classic liberals.

Are you talking to me or yourself?

 

[cnm]

I mean, anyone who'd put Salinger over Kesey or Heller has some issues.

 

[cnm]

I get it now. Property rights over chattels are the important rights to classic liberals. My bad.

Are you talking to me or yourself?

Well I'm certainly not a classic liberal.

 

[cnm]

Vonnegut, for that matter...

 

[Rumpole]

Too bad it didn’t teach you critical thinking skills or deductive reasoning.

Well, that's rich given that you just made a vacuous accusation without substantiation.

But, lazy retorts are the province of the simple minded. Not much I can do about that.

 

[BackAgain]

Well, that's rich given that you just made a vacuous accusation without substantiation.

But, lazy retorts are the province of the simple minded. Not much I can do about that.

You admit you can’t do much about your simple mindedness? Hey. That’s a healthy first step.

 

[Rumpole]

I mean, anyone who'd put Salinger over Kesey or Heller has some issues.

Omission doesn't equal diminution. You've committed a logical fallacy. I merely picked a few notables for my original example, it wouldn't have been very impactful to list the whole lot of American authors. Don't read more into than is there. Let that be a lesson to ya.

 

[Orangecat]

Well I'm certainly not a classic liberal.

Nor an intellectual.

 

[westwall]

Text book cop out.

Congrats.

Yet again, your OP was lacking substance. Mere words, spewed in a semblance of prose, does not an OP make.

 

[Rumpole]

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Now we get it. Knew it was there.

Ignore the veneer of civility you try to convince us is there. When you blame the other guy for your incivility, all bets are off.

"Debate"




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You should pay more attention to what, in fact, I wrote, I sensed in advance some simpleton would make that accusation you just made, and I clearly put it in the OP that I am also guilty of such debate sins I am eschewing in the OP, that, indeed, I do not claim any status of being a paragon of debate forum virtue. What that means, OhPleaseJustQuit, is that if someone wants me to wallow in a cesspool, I'll indulge. But, in the mean time, if you really understood the OP, I'm asking for folks that would like NOT to wallowing in cesspools on a debate forum, and I will invite them to participate in the future. But, outside of that invite silo, ALL BETS ARE OFF.

 

[westwall]

You should pay more attention to what, in fact, I wrote, I sensed in advance some simpleton would make that accusation you just made, and I clearly put it in the OP that I am also guilty of such debate sins I am eschewing in the OP, that, indeed, I do not claim any status of being a paragon of debate forum virtue. What that means, OhPleaseJustQuit, is that if someone wants me to wallow in a cesspool, I'll indulge. But, in the mean time, if you really understood the OP, I'm asking for folks that would like NOT to wallowing in cesspools on a debate forum, and I will invite them to participate in the future. But, outside of that invite silo, ALL BETS ARE OFF.

BLah blah, blah, blah blah blah blah....

 

[Orangecat]

But, lazy retorts are the province of the simple minded.

Like this?

Impressive.

 

[Oddball]

"The Catcher in the Rye" is frequently included in lists of the greatest American novels of the 20th century.

So are "The Great Gatsby" and "Atlas Shrugged" ...But that doesn't mean that they aren't dreary and banal slogs, that were vanity projects for their authors.

 

[Rumpole]

Yet again, your OP was lacking substance. Mere words, spewed in a semblance of prose, does not an OP make.

What the fuck are you talking about? THe OP was just looking for folks that want to debate, and not wallow in petty insults, etc. There was no real argument put up for debate in the first place

 

[Rumpole]

BLah blah, blah, blah blah blah blah....

Grow up.

 

[BackAgain]

You should pay more attention to what, in fact, I wrote, I sensed in advance some simpleton would make that accusation you just made, and I clearly put it in the OP that I am also guilty of such debate sins I am eschewing in the OP, that, indeed, I do not claim any status of being a paragon of debate forum virtue. What that means, OhPleaseJustQuit, is that if someone wants me to wallow in a cesspool, I'll indulge. But, in the mean time, if you really understood the OP, I'm asking for folks that would like NOT to wallowing in cesspools on a debate forum, and I will invite them to participate in the future. But, outside of that invite silo, ALL BETS ARE OFF.

Shallow liar ^ caught in a lie.

I got DumpHole to place me on his ignore list, I believe.

Kinda makes me proud.

 

[Rumpole]

Like this?

That was sarcasm, not a rebuttal.

Know the difference. I never asserted that a short reply isn't warranted ever. A lazy retort is one that requires more, but wasn't given. My sarcastic reply was appropriate.

 

[westwall]

What the fuck are you talking about? THe OP was just looking for folks that want to debate, and not wallow in petty insults, etc. There was no real argument put up for debate in the first place

Brevity is your friend, you superfluously redundant buffoon...

 

[BackAgain]

Brevity is your friend, you superfluously redundant buffoon...

He isn’t on speaking terms with brevity.