for those of you who miss LJ-drama and online "debating"

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fun with vaderstg

Witness someone sinking deeper and deeper into arguing the NON-issue. Watch as two people wrestle over personal viewpoints. Be amazed at how long someone can go on avoiding the questions put to them by attacking side-issues repeatedly declared "not the point"!

Observe Not_Hothead_yet get riled, calmed and riled again in the space of a few hours.

Doncha just love the old Newt Gingrinch tactics of old? Here they are, all dredged up from earlier days, when conservatives were aggressive and misdirecting and liberals were... stupid. Well, I'm not stupid; I know when I've been beaten by a mastermind through "subvert the issue and attack the person".

Here I thought I was going to have an actual socio-political debate with someone of a different viewpoint. Serves me right for giving him access to my opinion expressed in sardonic form. Notice he never did address any of the issues I originally posted on - except the war (always a favorite).

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[dave-over.livejournal.com]

gosh darn it! now *I* had to go post stuff. :)