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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:12 pm
our own Andrew Jackson gets a shout out
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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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:23 pm
The show got preempted here by an extended edition of ABC News.
I suspect it will be preempted tomorrow, too, with somewhat more reason.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:26 pm
MarleysGh0st wrote:The show got preempted here by an extended edition of ABC News.
I suspect it will be preempted tomorrow, too, with somewhat more reason.
Presidential Reasons?
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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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:28 pm
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:The show got preempted here by an extended edition of ABC News.
I suspect it will be preempted tomorrow, too, with somewhat more reason.
Presidential Reasons?
Something about an election...I'm not sure of the details.
