09-02-2019, 02:25 PM
(09-02-2019, 01:56 PM)Dill Wrote: Hmm. My first statement here appears to agree with your claim that China relies "on the weaknesses of a democratic system, e.g. being subject to the fickle whim of the voters, to prevail." Did I get that wrong? Did you mean to say something else?
The rest is a general comment about why some prefer democratic "weakness" to authoritarian "strength."
Again, you miscast my statement. What am I saying is patently obvious to someone without an agenda. I could explain further but you're honestly not worth the effort as it would simply generate another ill reasoned response from you further mischaracterizing what I'm actually conveying. Oddly, Benton, who does not have an agenda, appears to complete get it.
Quote:Rather than arguing that I am right or wrong about that preference, you call my statement a "conclusion about your argument" which you will be sure to "keep in mind as [you] read the rest of this inanity."
Could you perhaps state in your own words what you take my "conclusion about your argument" to be? It would go a long ways towards showing you did understand the points in my post and your response was not a lot of scattershot wild swinging.
I could, and did, but see above why I won't be bothering with doing so with you.
Quote:Dino noted something comparable in the form of your judgments, when you cast him as someone who "supports China" or me as an "apologist for Muslim extremism." So I am not "off topic" when I expand on your response, as that affects the quality and credibility of the posts you address to us about China and Trump tariffs.
Yes, you and Dino do seem to generate a lot of the same type of posts. I also didn't say he supports China, merely that he is acting exactly how they hope he, and others, will. A better way to say it would be that he's a dupe for China or that he's dancing to their tune.
Quote:The point both Dino and I are making is that you convert ordinary, neutral arguments about political issues into an opposition between US and THEM, such that people who disagree with you are on THEIR side, defending them. You don't disagree you are saying we are on THEIR side, do you?
No, I don't. I accuse you of having an anti-Israeli and pro muslim bias because your posting history positively screams it. Please believe I am far from the only person to notice this. As to your erroneous assertion about Dino and China, please see above.
Quote:That is why your claims that it is "obvious" I apologize for "Muslim extremism" cannot be supported by "simply quoting my posts." The claim is based upon an inference, and at least one unstated premise, that you won't or can't articulate.
No, it's based on your posting history and nothign else.
Quote:That you employ a mode of fallacious argument "only" with Dino and me is hardly a cogent defense of this tactic, regardless of thread or topic.
I find myself lacking the willpower to have a reasoned argument with a person(s) determined to to see it. Again, that I have this issue with only the two of you (now) can just as easily be read as an indictment of you as it could of me. Not surprisingly you've chosen the latter. Quite simply, you're wearying to discuss topics with the majority of the time. Correcting your constant misinterpretations, deliberate or otherwise, makes it a banal and odious task that I often choose to avoid.
