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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    That is really not true, at all.


    Ahh, but I disagree.
    If someone has a valid point to make and reasonable skills with which to make it why would they resort to low brow behaviors that diminish the chance that someone will take their point seriously?
    From any reasonable POV they wouldn't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Where do you place yourself in how well that lesson has been learned?
    Far from perfect, but better than most

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    If someone has a valid point to make and reasonable skills with which to make it why would they resort to low brow behaviors that diminish the chance that someone will take their point seriously?
    Colorful creativity or breaking up the monotony.

    Only few have this talent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ODB View Post
    Colorful creativity or breaking up the monotony.

    Only few have this talent.
    Actually most 6th grade classrooms have plenty of this "talent"

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Far from perfect, but better than most
    I wonder how many people here agree with you on that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Actually most 6th grade classrooms have plenty of this "talent"
    I like to see that. Pretty sure it doesn't exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Ahh, but I disagree.
    If someone has a valid point to make and reasonable skills with which to make it why would they resort to low brow behaviors that diminish the chance that someone will take their point seriously?
    From any reasonable POV they wouldn't.
    They may very well view the person to whom they are making the point with contempt. The point is that insults in no way change the actual message. If I am imparting information to someone, whether I cal him "Your Highness" or "Dumb Ass", the information is the same. Whether the receiver chooses to accept it is on him.
    “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    You sure about that?
    Yes. Quite sure. You seldom raise interesting points. It matters little whether you attempt to insult someone or not.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    The validity of the points you have to make and your ability to make them is inversely proportional to the number of unprovoked insults you hurl at either individual posters or the proverbial "other side " in general.
    Period. End of lesson.
    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    This makes me smile.

    Seriously. Why would that make you smile?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I wonder how many people here agree with you on that?
    Most. For example I would guess most would find me the least disagreeable of the two of us. Do you disagree?

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