[MD] Re Arlo

[Platt Holden]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:04 AM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> On 25 Jul 2010 at 9:47, ARLO J BENSINGER JR wrote:
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> [Platt]
> Arlo says Pirsig could change his mind except about one of his opinions.
> Duh.
>
> [Arlo]
> And that's two shining examples proving my point in a row. Arlo never said
> any
> such thing, but why worry about such honesty when then anti-intellectual
> hatred
> to spew!
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> [Platt]
>
> Arlo fancies anyone who challenges his contradictions (which he doesn't
> want to
> repeat) to be anti-intellectual, thereby pinning a rose on himself. The
> arrogance never ends.
>
> [Bo]
> As usual, there's no mention of other supporters of Bo's position. The fear
> he's right is palpable.
>
> [Platt]
> Bo? Bo said that? Talk about intellectual dishonesty.  Like putting
> something I
> didn't say in quotes  The hypocrisy never stops.
>
> Ron:
> He did it to me too Platt, not dishonest, as in willful , only slap-dashed.
>
> [Arlo]
> Just more nonsense. Why would I "fear" Bo is right? As I said to Adrie, and
> is
> obvious to all, this sort of "talk-radio" bombast is the only recourse to
> those
> arguing "for" Bo. His ideas are intellectually worthless, and so you all
> offer
> nothing but emotionally-driven distortions and dishonesty.
>
> [Platt}
> Why? Because it challenges your self-assigned eminence as a fount of
> intellect.
>
> So did you hear that Bo supporters? Your intellectually worthless, offering
> nothing but distortions and dishonesty. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy all
> over
> doesn't it?
>
> Arlo is a poster boy for academic hypocrisy, praising diversity of ideas on
> one
> hand and demonizing those who challenge approved ways of thinking on the
> other.
>
> Ron:
> Yea, but you still did'nt answer the question, just more spin and rhetoric.
> whats up wit dat?
>

[Platt]
What question?

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