--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > In the meantime, I'll nail one assertion in this post that > isn't just a misreading but a deliberate falsehood:
Before Curtis tries to muddy things still further by making a huge deal of the fact that my first comment below isn't about a deliberate falsehood: That's true, it's about another misreading. I added it after I'd written the second comment, which *is* about a deliberate falsehood and was all I had intended to deal with in this post at first. > <snip> > > Since I do not transform into a hideous creature when > > confronted with your hostile accusations but respond with > > my POV which differs from yours, > > You do become a "hideous creature," though, in > comparison with your Mr. Wonderful presentation. That > was the whole point of the Hulk and Jekyll/Hyde analogy. > But I suspect you knew that. > > I will assume that this > > mischaractorization is one a long history of ad hominem > > characterizations meant to distract from your inability > > to answer my responses with reasoned argument. And > > because you claim that I become a murderous monster, you > > believe you are conveniently let off the hook of responding. > > Does that really work for you, because from this end it > > seems pretty transparently lame. > > If you were honest, you'd acknowledge that in most of our > hostile exchanges, you're the one to back out, not me. The > most recent example was our exchange immediately previous > to this one, where you failed to respond to this post: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/282863 > > What's your excuse for letting yourself off the hook of > responding? > > I rarely do ad hominem without having *first* responded > with reasoned argument. I don't use the former as a > substitute for the latter. I know you're aware of that, > so why are you pretending otherwise? > > > > "The thing is, when you get pissed, you lose all sense > > > of proportion and fairness, and you too often become > > > actively dishonest, hauling out one straw man after > > > another, as you just did above. You pull out your > > > sophist debating tricks and make it impossible to > > > discuss misunderstandings and grievances on either > > > side." > > > > Yeah sounds to me as if when I confront your BS with > > reasoned argument you can't respond effectively so you > > pull the old ad hominem out of your very tiny bag of > > tricks > > The post quoted above was an example of the falsity of > your assertion. The "ad hominem" came at the end, after > I'd thoroughly fisked your previous post. It was you who > couldn't respond with reasoned argument. > > > and hope I wont notice. Newsflash, I do. > > Hmm, I expected you to claim you'd somehow managed to > miss the post. You've just neatly disposed of that > potential excuse for not responding to it.
