Hillary Clinton on Julian Assange - "Why don't we just drone strike this guy?"

[Merp]

guys I think I know why McZealot calls himself McZealot
hes a Knight
a white knight
I may have just screwed up

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[McZealot]

guys I think I know why McZealot calls himself McZealot
hes a Knight
a white knight

I'm getting a vibe like you might not understand that term...

sounds like a great way to be a big richardo mcgee guy. going out of your way to be disrespectful and aggressive is no way to have a civil debate. if people randomly sling stuff, then at the very least they shouldn't be surprised when people don't want to listen the things they say

I think there is a clear difference between being an starfish and being aggressive when we are talking about debate. I'll aggressively argue against something that I believe is wrong either personally or factually, but it's pretty rare that I'll insult someone over their stance. When I do, it's typically because we both got heated and the debate has turned into an argument, or because they have been deceptive with their information, which gets me very angry. It's never good to insult someone, but usually it doesn't matter because it's at a point where it is clear you will never agree on said issue. Aggression is good, slinging stuff is not.

But for the most part, I agree with you. Beachbum is saying that you can "win" an argument by being an starfish--but I think his standard of victory is "they stopped talking to me" which is the standard course of action with people of that sort.

[Insert Name Here²]

TBH if you think you can win arguments just by acting like a hot-head, then you wouldn't accomplish anything other than make people dislike you

"winning" an argument consists of having a very good point and being good at standing your ground with it, along with keeping your cool and still being respectful and patient

[Merp]

god dammit insert the thread almost died

[IkeTheGeneric]

TBH if you think you can win arguments just by acting like a hot-head, then you wouldn't accomplish anything other than make people dislike you

This would have been a sound retort to your original post towards McZealot. The point to draw here is to not demonize attacks of character, but to point out that your attack of McZealot's character was for the most part irrelevant and unnecessary.

If you said nobody cared about his opinion and then proceeded to pick apart his statements, it would have been a more acceptable response, but since you so willfully dismissed it and then attacked his character, you're the one who ended up looking bad.

[Insert Name Here²]

god dammit insert the thread almost died

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Zealot bumped it first though, and I was just agreeing with what he said at the bottom of his post

This would have been a sound retort to your original post towards McZealot

I guess, but too late now so rip

Edit:

If you said nobody cared about his opinion and then proceeded to pick apart his statements, it would have been a more acceptable response, but since you so willfully dismissed it and then attacked his character, you're the one who ended up looking bad.

I know, I realised this yesterday already but thanks for re-instating it I guess

[Heitmeyer²]

I would be very surprised if she carried this out before the election, but if she does it afterwards I wouldn't be surprised in the least bit. She's immune.

[c]

how is it possible to call right wingers conspiracy theorists after hillary clinton started a crusade on a cartoon frog


good lord mczealot cool your jets