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bobduca

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9. concerted organized scorn

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 25, 2013, 01:30 PM

Dec 2013

Politics as Team Sport bozos seem compelled to lash out at him with their only rhetorical tools: arguments from authority, ad hominem, and guilt by association.

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"I fucked up and now I don't get to spend Christmas with my family... politichew Dec 2013 #1

Looks more like your message in a nutshell. last1standing Dec 2013 #2

The ultimate in OP projection. marmar Dec 2013 #3

Looks more like a Snowden detractor to me. RC Dec 2013 #4

Ha, he *really* gets to some folks. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2013 #5

DERP NSA IZ GUD! bobduca Dec 2013 #6

I didn't hear a single word of complaining from him. It is sad that someone who sacrificed so much Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #7

concerted organized scorn bobduca Dec 2013 #9

My, My - One Doth Protest Too Much - Ad Hominen Attacks Are The Worst Of Logical Fallacies cantbeserious Dec 2013 #8

What an incredibly sad, bitter, and hateful person you are. 99Forever Dec 2013 #10

Pot. Kettle. Black. nt Codeine Dec 2013 #11

Looks more like the NSA operatives and CYA politicians whining about being caught. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #12

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #13

"I don't whistleblow with you." nt Codeine Dec 2013 #14