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In reply to the discussion: All you fools supporting Sanders were probably supporting Nader in 2000 [View all]woolldog
(8,791 posts)"People, no matter what their background, is worth listening to as long as they can present their argument, issue, problem, solution in a way that is logical and understandable."
People, no matter their background, are worth listening to.
"Yours is neither. Yours was not a spelling error or basic grammar error (after all you say you have a degree in philosophy) but rather a misguided attempt to speak with authority."
No it was an attempt to communicate with cali in a discussion. And she understood exactly what I was saying, took no offense, and we had a productive exchange. You argued that I was not worth "taking serious" [sic] because I, according to you, misused an English idiom, never considering that I might not be a native English speaker. That is such an Anglo-centered pov embedded in that argument, it's offensive. Also you are quite simply wrong in arguing that the phrase begs the question is limited in use to the way it is used in logic and philosophy. It has a common every day usage that conveys the same meaning as the phrase "raises the question."