"> To clarify: My view is that when you tell deliberate > untruths, or (more often) simply engage in intellectual > dishonesty, the "nefarious ends" in question are the > preservation and/or promotion of your self-image."
Form Wikipedia: Intellectual dishonesty: "The terms intellectually dishonest and intellectual dishonesty are often used as rhetorical devices in a debate; the label invariably frames an opponent in a negative light. It is an obfuscatory way to say "you're lying" or "you're stupid", and has a cooling effect on conversations similar to accusations of ignorance." Me: Yeah, that about sums it up. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > <snip> > > Judy is a different story. There is no way that I can get her off > > the view that I am a devious person telling deliberate untruths for > > some nefarious end. > > To clarify: My view is that when you tell deliberate > untruths, or (more often) simply engage in intellectual > dishonesty, the "nefarious ends" in question are the > preservation and/or promotion of your self-image. > > An example of same is the way you have phrased your > characterization of my view above. >
