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A blast from the past

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:16 pm

I found my Flying Monkey Costume
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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: A blast from the past

#2 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:18 pm

That was as close as I got to the Hot Seat
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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: A blast from the past

#3 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:23 pm

Pics or it dint happen!
Well, then

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Re: A blast from the past

#4 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:26 pm

That is a lot of work, perhaps I will wear it
on my birthday this year
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: A blast from the past

#5 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:33 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:26 pm
That is a lot of work, perhaps I will wear it
on my birthday this year
Do it
Well, then

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Re: A blast from the past

#6 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:35 pm

Ms Flying Monkey is promising to make a Dorothy costume
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: A blast from the past

#7 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:36 pm

Is that too much information?
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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: A blast from the past

#8 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:55 pm

Ooh. It should have some sort of gingham monkey beatdown pockets.
Well, then

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Re: A blast from the past

#9 Post by tlynn78 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:38 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:36 pm
Is that too much information?
Lol! Do it!!!, then pics!
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
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