Originally posted by Red1998SVT:

Here's a tip, JaTo: those who engage in argument for a living (media commentators, lawyers, political operatives, academics) know that incivility toward one's opponent is a sign of weakness. It is perceived by the audience as a tacit concession of the strength of the opposing argument. Resort to insults and name-calling is almost universally interpreted as an admission of one's failure to prevail in the debate.



Here's a tip, Red: Then perhaps next time around, you, like the poster of this sewage, can bring something researched, valid and cohesive to the table to discuss instead of "cut and paste" propaganda.

When I'm presented with thought, logic, carefully and well-addressed discourse, I take care to respond in like. Partisan sewage? You bet I'll tear a new oriface into it if it has the hint of ineptitude.

I am also aware in debates that the insistance of one party to constantly label the other something they are not and have proven not to be (does the term "neo-con" ring a bell here?) is a sign of desperate, ill-researched, and ill-informed individual.

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