[MD] A Confusion of Weasels

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Dan]
In the past, when Arlo and Platt engaged in endless bickering with
name-calling, insults, and just plain ignorance, I didn't even bother reading
their posts. 

[Arlo]
For the record, there was more to this than a simple tit-for-tat exchange of
"name-calling". Platt used evasion at every turn, outright lied about not only
what I was saying but what I had said, and pretended today that what he said
yesterday didn't exist. I called Platt out specifically because that type of
horrible rhetoric should NOT be left unchallenged in a metaphysical/philosophy
group. This is not an AOL chat room where ridiculous statements should be left
unchallenged. 

But you're right, our exchanges had no value except that to me his comments
stand, in the archives, challenged and called out. Should I have exercised more
patience? Maybe. I am not perfect. But years and years of dealing with
talk-radio tactics and bombast had left me with a very short fuse. Should I
have just put him on ignore? Maybe. I did for a while, as I do now with quite a
few people.