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Another tirade incited by fear of truth. 

On 9 Sep 2009 at 16:24, Arlo Bensinger wrote:

> [Platt]
> Squawk, squawk, squawk. The parrot never stops.
> 
> [Arlo]
> OK. I understand "thinking" is hard for you. I 
> get that. So let me try to explain it again. When 
> you repeat YOURSELF to ensure others who come to 
> the dialogue later are not misinformed, this is 
> not being a parrot. Many, many people repost 
> their words there, and I've never levelled a 
> charge of squawking against any of them. 

Who parrots his posts verbatim as you do?

>YOU, on 
> the other hand, as it has been CLEARLY shown (and 
> I do repeat below) simple repeat the verbatim 
> squawk points that are rehashed ad nauseum in your little media world.
> 
> Evidence. Anyone can simply turn on any of the 
> Prime Squawkers tonight, get out some beer, and 
> play "drink whenever I hear banal, cliche or 
> doesn't believe it himself" used to describe the 
> Obama speech. Its that easy. The evidence is 
> there. "Banal", "cliche" and "doesn't believe it 
> himself" are simply the rehashed squawk points 
> clearly used by the talk-radio buffoons, and 
> clearly re-squawked over and over by the "dittoheads" (apropos name, btw).

I suggest you look up the word "evidence."  

> Here, though, you give a CLASSIC example of the 
> Great Pee Wee Maneuever. I've called you on this 
> many times before (anyone can check the 
> archives), and while it is a straightforward 
> tactic, your use of it here is TEXTBOOK. You are 
> no longer even trying to deny (you can't) the 
> "squawk trifecta" you posted earlier, but now, 
> having been called on it, shown to be a parrot, 
> you try to turn that around to make ME out to be 
> what I've clearly shown to be you.

If the shoe fits.

> Pee Wee Herman's classic line "I know what you 
> are but what am I?" sums up this sad rhetorical 
> ploy exactly. I'm a bit surprised you'd try to 
> pull it off here, I mean, its kinda obvious. But 
> I know you work with a limited number of rhetorical devices.

By contrast we know you are all rhetoric and no substance.

> [Platt]
> And here he is a professor at a state college and 
> doesn't know how to spell "squawk."
> 
> [Arlo]
> Guilty as charged. You got me on this one. In my 
> defense, however, I'll only say that I am very, 
> very happy that "squawk" is not a word I am 
> forced to use in my daily activity very much at 
> all, so I have little practice spelling it, nor 
> little need to, until I find myself confronted with, well, people like you.
> 
> But at least I can admit when I've been called correctly on something.

Well, pin a rose on you. 

Along with your many other unattractive attributes, you're insufferable.

 
> ==============
> 
> In case anyone missed it, I'll include this 
> embarrassing evidence of squalking in all my replies on this thread.
> 
> [Platt]
> Easy to be distracted since Obozo's speech was 
> full of cliches and banalities, most of which he doesn't believe himself.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Squalk, "banal". Squalk, "cliche". Squalk, "doesn't believe himself".
> 
>  From yesterday's American Thinker response to the President's speech.
> 
> "With his Back to School Event (text here), 
> President Obama becomes the nation's 
> Nanny-in-Chief, filling his speech with 
> banalities at every turn, a speech as forgettable 
> as any principal's remarks at the opening 
> assembly of the year. The triumph of the banal is 
> complete as clichés cascade from the eloquent Obama lips..."
> 
> Our resident parrot fulfills his chosen roll once again.
> 
> But lest anyone think "banal" and "cliche" are 
> recent squalking points of the talk-radio morons, 
> I invite you all to do a Google search for "banal 
> cliche obama speech". From The Weekly Standard to 
> The Washington Monthly, to countless re-squalks 
> on blogs and forums (where the good little 
> parrots squalk back the talking points they hear 
> on that day's Hush Bimbo program).
> 
> Want more? From Hush's grammatically incorrect 
> response to the speech on his website yesterday. 
> "He just gave a speech that he doesn't believe a 
> word of." Want even more?*.... Let's play a 
> drinking game. If you can stomach the vitriol for 
> longer than a few minutes, turn on the Hannity 
> radio program for a while today, and drink every 
> time he squalks (or a caller resqualks) the words 
> "banal" and "cliche" and "doesn't believe it 
> himself". I guarantee you'll be drunk in less than an hour.
> 
> All the correct squalks from our resident parrot. 
> How fucking embarrassing to hear it here.
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