Chez I am moving the conversation with you here as the more appropriate thread.
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
He has become an idiotic troll. He's studied politics and been active in politics which helps explain why he's postings on politics are impressive but for some reason he has decided to become an idiotic troll as well.
He's still defending his 'ooo chez made loads of posts and then said he didn't know where he was' idiotic gotcha because he's being an idiotic troll - it's very unlikely he is so perfect he never makes simple mistakes about unimportant matters but even if he is he should be clever enough to be able to understand it easily. If he was half the person he thinks he is he would simply say he made a mistake about it - it's no big deal.
No Chez I am pointing out that me drawing attention to the number of posts in a thread posted by someone who didn't know where the thread is located is not the same as pointing out the number of posts Dids makes being critical in P, it's not the same argument at all and adios was obviously a tad upset with my line so decided to make an entirely unrelated point as a gotcha because he's a dickhead.
It is not surprising to me that you contribute to this discussion across two threads but for the record this is what this is about.
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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
The argument that not taking in refugees will help ISIS recruitment has a flaw. Anyone who would become a terrorist or a terrorist supporter for this reason is someone we should we be glad identified himself. There are good reasons to accept refugees but this isn't one of them.
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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
The argument that people who don't want to admit refugees must be racist has a flaw. It is true that the risk reward equation gives higher pot odds than some of the larger risks we take for lessor rewards. However there are many people who don't realize this and would change their mind if they did.
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Originally Posted by Dids
People are not math problems. Just stop.
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Originally Posted by adios
He didn't claim they were, his insight is actually highly valued by a lot of people including me. Why don't you stop complaining about other posters in your posts. I have my doubts that anyone gives a **** what you like and don't like. Of course same applies to me, nobody cares what I like or dislike in posting. There is a whole thread for griping in the other forum. Just stop with your moaning.
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Originally Posted by dereds
When complaining about someone moaning it helps to not sound like someone moaning. Sklansky's posts in politics are consistently awful.
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Originally Posted by adios
Not moaning, calling him out. Your entitled to your opinion about Sklansky but that is all it is.
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Originally Posted by dereds
Then Dids is calling out Sklansky, you can't whinge about people complaining and defend yourself by just deciding to call it something else.
It is my opinion but it's at least an informed one.
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Originally Posted by adios
Nope, want to make a bet that in the last 6 months Dids has at least 5 times as many posts in this forum complaining about other posters?
Why is your opinion so informed? You get the last word.
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Originally Posted by dereds
The number of posts is irrelevant, if it offends you ignore it and you are less likely to contribute to the derail we are currently engaged in.
Because my first political campaign, albeit in a very minor role was in 1983, I did leave college in 1987 to work full time on my local member of parliament's successful reelection before returning to college to graduate with a degree in politics and history, the MA I am currently studying includes political philosophy.
None of that makes me an expert on anything but it does mean I have some experience of considering political arguments and I find DS's consistently lacking.
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
There's a difference between complaining about DS posting OT and complaining about someone complaining about DS posting OT
This is not an opinion, it's a matter of fact.
So adios takes exception to Dids justifiably calling DS's Politics posts rubbish, I reckon Dids view is justified so respond and he then gets into it with me, decides against pursuing the discussion in the thread and takes it to PU to make an entirely different point as some kind of gotcha, Chez attempts to engage with me by making some point I don't understand then comes back here to talk about posters rather than substance.
All because he's a dickhead. Played
Last edited by dereds; 11-19-2015 at 09:16 AM.