12-10-2018, 05:53 PM
(12-10-2018, 05:16 PM)Lucidus Wrote: I'm not sure if you're doing this on purpose or if you truly don't realize that you're constantly parsing, twisting, contorting and exaggerating the words of others in order to line up neatly with a narrative that you have created for them.
No I am not. I am using direct quotes to prove my point. You are the one ignoring direct quotes in order to create a "general statement".
(12-10-2018, 05:16 PM)Lucidus Wrote: As to your second sentence, I sincerely hope this is not the case, but if it is -- I must question both your effectiveness or the standards required. The arguments that I've seen you demonstrate in multiple posts, in multiple threads, are extraordinarily fallacious, severely lacking in sound premises and usually profoundly short on the honest examination of intent.
This is not true at all. You said the exact same thing about my post in this thread, but I have used direct quotes with clear meaning that show my position is correct. All you have done is attempt to create a false narrative using "overall context" that does not exist. If you see all of these other flawed arguments in other threads why have you never once commented on them?
(12-10-2018, 05:16 PM)Lucidus Wrote: If, as you say, it is your job to present arguments, then you should be well aware that to truly find the meaning of a "direct quote" -- the examination of said quote must be evaluated in the overall context of a conversation, for the sake of context and comparison. To state otherwise is rather an odd assertion, to say the least.
The problem is that the "overall context" of the OP by Godfather supports my position. From the very first sentence he implies that people who are optimistic are ignorant, but that he is smarter than that. He then finishes with a claim that anyone who is optimistic will "end up in traction". There is absolutely nothing in the "overall context" of his post that was not insulting and belittling to people who are optimistic about the Bengals.
