CByrneIV wrote:Now, once again, let me state an important political principle.
When you use an argument, or cite a "fact" that you haven't done the research on, you make yourself look like and idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you make a provably false statement, you make yourself look like an idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you cite a known crackpot, you make yourself look like an idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you use a well known discredited or provably false argument, you make yourself look like an idiot and you hurt your own side.
This is why I don't allow people to cite world net daily, Alex Jones, or vdare in this community unless they have at least two other independent and verifiable sources.
Is that too long to make a sig? Probably too long to make an effective bumper sticker.
Hows this?
"When you use an argument or cite a "fact" that you haven't done the research on, make a provably false statement, cite a known crackpot, or use a well known discredited or provably false argument, you make yourself look like and idiot, and you hurt your own side."
I should add here that I always enjoy getting the other side to do this.
CByrneIV wrote:Now, once again, let me state an important political principle.
When you use an argument, or cite a "fact" that you haven't done the research on, you make yourself look like and idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you make a provably false statement, you make yourself look like an idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you cite a known crackpot, you make yourself look like an idiot, and you hurt your own side.
When you use a well known discredited or provably false argument, you make yourself look like an idiot and you hurt your own side.
This is why I don't allow people to cite world net daily, Alex Jones, or vdare in this community unless they have at least two other independent and verifiable sources.
Is that too long to make a sig? Probably too long to make an effective bumper sticker.
Hows this?
"When you use an argument or cite a "fact" that you haven't done the research on, make a provably false statement, cite a known crackpot, or use a well known discredited or provably false argument, you make yourself look like and idiot, and you hurt your own side."
I should add here that I always enjoy getting the other side to do this.
Excellent! Thanks Kommander, I'll use that with you paraphrasing Chris!
ETA the sig line only allows 255 characters, I'll have to improvise....
