What happened on J! tonight??

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Re: What happened on J! tonight??

#26 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:13 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:As southerner, I feel the need to mention that I know Ben's people. His Aunt is married to a someone I with whom I used to practice law.
He's a Florentine too.
He is made with spinach? :D
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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Re: What happened on J! tonight??

#27 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:14 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:As southerner, I feel the need to mention that I know Ben's people. His Aunt is married to a someone I with whom I used to practice law.
He's a Florentine too.
He is made with spinach? :D
I'm not sure if that's spinach or tobacco.
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