[OFB Cafe] Who's Still on Here?
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Thu Jun 26 11:37:51 CDT 2008
saki wrote:
> Steven Hatfield wrote:
>
>>> I think you confuse (as so many liberals do) your emotions for logic.
>>> Pity really.
>>>
>>> Terence
>>
>>
>> Here is some logic for you:
>>
>> * Domestic spying
>>
>> * Uncontrolled military spending
>>
>> * Random senseless wars
>
>> * Unchecked government growth
>>
>
>> If you are a decent human being, you think that this is illogical (and
>> lets face it, PURE EVIL) and should not continue.
>>
>> If you are racist and "hate the rag-heads", then this is good news to
>> you, for many thousands of Iraqis have been killed in the illegal
>> war... but that would just be an emotional way of dealing with your
>> insecurities.
>>
>> Call it "liberal" all you want; I guess I am more logical than
>> emotional when it comes to how people should treat each other. McCain
>> would stay the course in Iraq for the next 4 to 8 years, raping,
>> pillaging and murdering as he goes through the middle east while Obama
>> has vowed to stop this nonsense. On that very basis alone, I will
>> vote for Obama.
>>
>> Provided that some racist prick doesn't assassinate him first.
>
> There is not a jot of logical argument in this diatribe.
>
> There is a great deal of emotion, though, and a willingness to
> assign/assume to me a great deal of non-sense for which you have no
> justification.
>
> You also do what is so common in this type of "argument" and that is to
> assign to your prejudices words like "decent", and then by extension
> anyone sensible of the flaws must be "indecent" or not decent.
>
> Your progression to imputing to me (at least on one reading) that if I
> am a racist then war is good news for me, is more of the same.
>
> I think you've proved my contention!
And, a masterful job of it as well! ;)
Fred
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