[MD] Joseph Campbell

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Marsha]
You do seem to like to use this kind of language, and Platt gives you 
your opportunity.

[Arlo]
If I "enjoyed" it, don't you think you'd see that in my replies to 
more people than just Platt? I am angry, quite frankly, because I 
DON'T enjoy having to play deceptive rhetorical games while I watch 
any real dialogue become completely derailed every time Platt is 
either incapable of defending an assertion or the Glorious Right is 
criticized in any way. I call it out because it embarrasses me. It is 
shameless and dishonest and that anyone tolerates it at all is beyond 
me. But yeah, every now and then he posts about a work of art, so woohoo...

[Marsha]
Platt and Arlo, in spite of their political differences, two sides of 
a single coin.

[Arlo]
Now that's just insulting. As I pointed out (again, this isn't the 
first time), I offered several points to the discussion, while all 
Platt did was fall back on tired rhetorical deceptive tactics. He 
LIED outright about my comments, evaded all the points about 
right-wing PC (I ask again (1) Platt, are you outraged about the use 
of PC to redefine "torture" as "interrogation techniques", by the 
vile PC assaults on the Chicks or Maher? (2) Are you, Mr. Individual 
Liberty, the least bit concerned that your own comment "every 
regulation takes something away from individual liberty", which you 
use to paint Krimel as anti-liberty, is ridiculously hyprocritical 
considering that in that same post you also support laws restriction 
who a gay person can or can not marry?) AND used deliberate 
misrepresentation in an attempt to demean my position ("freedom to 
run around naked in public", when he knows that is a blatant 
distortion of my position).

This isn't about disagreeing. This isn't even about having a heated 
exchange. This is about the fact that in every dialogue Platt is in 
where he makes assertions and then cannot defend them, or if the 
right-wing is criticized in any way, it opens up a barrage of 
deliberate lies, evasions, distortions and similar talk-radio devices 
all designed to bring the dialogue to a stop. (Go back and find the 
threads about "purpose" or "consciousness", same thing there... with 
everyone else the dialogue moves fine, even given disagreement, but 
the moment Platt realizes he said something that makes no sense, that 
even he cannot defend, his replies immediately start being "you're a 
commie socialist acerdemic anti-liberty media elitist". And that's 
that, end of game. There is no way to hold an intellectual dialogue with that.

You and I may disagree, and you and I may argue vociferously about 
certain things, but you never play these games to end the dialogue, 
Marsha. And if you think I do, if you think I do this same stuff I am 
calling Platt out on, then please give me some examples, as I have 
given just a few here about Platt. I mean, read my earlier post back 
to Willblake. Do you think I evaded any issue? Used misrepresentation 
or deceit to paint WillBlake as a evil rightist/leftist ideologue 
attacking the wholesome and pure people of my ideology?









At 11:06 AM 5/5/2009, you wrote:

>Arlo,
>
>You do seem to like to use this kind of language, and Platt gives 
>you your opportunity.  Platt and Arlo, in spite of their political 
>differences, two sides of a single coin.
>
>*With apologies.
>
>
>Marsha
>
>
>At 03:42 PM 5/4/2009, you wrote:
>>[Marsha]
>>I do not think Platt is a fool either.  I don't much care for his 
>>political arguments, but I love his search for beauty and his 
>>ability to always find an interesting RMP quote.
>>
>>[Arlo]
>>Marsha claims to be better than everyone else here, but she is just 
>>another whacko feminazi pandering the King Obozo who promotes 
>>blowing one's mind on drugs and free-sex orgies involving gays and 
>>illegal immigrants.
>>
>>Oh, but hey Marsha, isn't Cezanne's Pines and Rocks Fountainbleau 
>>just lovely?
>>
>>* With apologies.
>
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