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H.L. Mencken's words are appropriate today

Posted on: January 19, 2017 at 14:23:26 CT
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"If you were against the New Deal and its wholesale buying of pauper votes, then you were against Christian charity. If you were against the gross injustices and dishonesties of the Wagner Labor Act, then you were against labor. If you were against packing the Supreme Court, then you were in favor of letting Wall Street do it. If you are against using Dr. Quack’s cancer salve, then you are in favor of letting Uncle Julius die. If you are against Holy Church, or Christian Science, then you are against god. It is an old, old argument."

He is talking about, of course, the straw man argument.

https://fee.org/articles/the-oldest-rhetorical-trick-in-the-book/

Edited by pickle at 14:25:54 on 01/19/17
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H.L. Mencken's words are appropriate today - pickle MU - 1/19 14:23:26
     Wrong board. nm. - MUTGR MU - 1/19 14:41:54
     Rask and most libs here are an expert at this tactic even - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:39:13
     Why reference anything Godly? You aren't a believer - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:26:50
          Not even worth addressing (nm) - pickle MU - 1/19 14:39:43
          dude, seriously?(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:29:00
               Yes, seriously(nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:30:55
                    um, try reading what he posted. It had zero to do with - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:32:29
                         You don't get it, I'm not explaining it(nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:33:18
                              did you read it?(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:34:16
                                   Don't encourage him, please (nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:35:20
                                        so you didnt even read it? wow(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:35:39
                                             It's more pickle drivel(nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:36:25
                                                  so you commented on his post without even reading it? - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:37:03
                                                       I think it's worse than that - SwampTiger MU - 1/19 15:07:51
                                                            He's not smart enough - pickle MU - 1/19 15:28:58
                                                       Oh shut up (nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 1/19 14:37:16
                                                            defies logic(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:37:41
          Never has a post so deserved this response - 90Tiger MU - 1/19 14:27:40
               No sh*t. Im embarrassed for him(nm) - hefeweizen MU - 1/19 14:33:11




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