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freshwest

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45. LOL! But playing dumb is your best defense with some people.

Mon May 27, 2013, 01:30 AM

May 2013

I took Logic, etc. classes in college, and was a natural for circuit logic at work. I consider neither require brainiacs.

As far as what 'is' is, I think the GOP has made Clinton perfectly coherent on that score.

Since they lie for a living, not just when upset, they have lost reality. The best reason to tell the truth to the best of one's ability, is the chance of discovery.

The GOP has been living in an alternative media reality so long, nothing is real anymore.

They remind me of Kate traveling with Petruchio, the discussion of the Sun and the Moon. You cannot win with them.

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This can't be posted too often on a discussion web site, "The Ten Commandment of Rational Debate". [View all] canoeist52 May 2013 OP

Good post. kentuck May 2013 #1

Lots of Internet posters leave the NOT out of that list, MineralMan May 2013 #2

Good advice. Arkansas Granny May 2013 #3

If these were adhered to, internet-wide... annabanana May 2013 #4

What about Progressive dog May 2013 #5

number 6 alone skydive forever May 2013 #6

What TV news shows? pangaia May 2013 #14

Burden of proof reversal shawn703 May 2013 #7

Well, there goes DU krispos42 May 2013 #8

I've seen the pit bull and guns arguments... Dr Hobbitstein May 2013 #16

The fried-chicken topic got so bad... krispos42 May 2013 #28

I read through a lot of DU2 Fried Chicken posts earlier today... Dr Hobbitstein May 2013 #30

It might have been before my time as well. krispos42 May 2013 #53

What's wrong with corn flake fried chicken? dkf May 2013 #51

I think only people that eat raw kittens like CFFC. krispos42 May 2013 #54

Great list, but the author needs to drop the "s" in premises in #10. SunSeeker May 2013 #9

Great list, but #1 is slightly off. ZombieHorde May 2013 #10

I think it can also be misconstrued another way booley May 2013 #35

Good point. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #36

Thamk you very much. Stryder May 2013 #11

Similar in some ways to the "argument pyramid" JBoy May 2013 #12

Great pyramid chart. This is my facebook political posting rule as well - top three only. canoeist52 May 2013 #26

Everybody should study logic. retired rooster May 2013 #13

A List Of Fallacious Arguments N_E_1 for Tennis May 2013 #15

Thanks for the list. SalviaBlue May 2013 #17

Commandment 11 sulphurdunn May 2013 #18

Thou shalt not claim . . FairWinds May 2013 #19

#10 has an error SpankMe May 2013 #20

DU would then have roughly 100 posts per year nt Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #21

LOL. Yup. And other boards would have even less. SunSeeker May 2013 #39

Nice collection of sensible statements SpankMe May 2013 #22

Pithy stuff. Thanks for this Populist_Prole May 2013 #23

Great post. Thank you. cheapdate May 2013 #24

one caveat.. use this list AT YOUR OWN PERIL in an argument with your spouse n/t yodermon May 2013 #25

My spouse has two rules of argument. One, there should never be an argument because she is, by rhett o rick May 2013 #37

K&R G_j May 2013 #27

The top two represent the worst of what can be seen from some posters: 1) ad hominem attacks and AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #29

Yes, lots of those posts all the time. Nt stevenleser May 2013 #47

You know who else had lots of rules? Nevernose May 2013 #31

And you're demonstrating the fallacy, absurdus associationus. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #38

Godwins law, aka argumentum ad hitlerum (there is really such a thing) stevenleser May 2013 #48

Yes, but I only use it when I am desperate. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #52

Stolen for prosterity ismnotwasm May 2013 #32

I just wish that people would stop using the phrase "This begs the question" Silver Swan May 2013 #33

But #4 does not describe "begging the question" either. longship May 2013 #34

And the ignore list is your friend nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #40

11: Correcting a spelling error does not indicate superior knowledge or expertise. lindysalsagal May 2013 #41

Ah, feels like Meta. freshwest May 2013 #42

Doesn't it now? kentauros May 2013 #44

LOL! But playing dumb is your best defense with some people. freshwest May 2013 #45

I wouldn't say I'm "playing dumb" though. kentauros May 2013 #46

Yes! freshwest May 2013 #49

Nice list. I had better keep an eye on myself. defacto7 May 2013 #43

how many fk up at the first one Rise Rebel Resist May 2013 #50

Everyone here would rather eat a raw turd than abide by those rules. Savannahmann May 2013 #55

Following these rules would most likely kill sufrommich May 2013 #56

Kick. A recent OP seemed to violate most of these. nt stevenleser May 2013 #57

Kick stevenleser May 2013 #58