I woke up this morning and logged into the Liblogs for some inspiration. If Even Soloman has taught me anything, if several Liberal bloggers are writing on the same issue on the same day, it must be what we all must be talking about. Today, the common theme was defending climate change. Things are getting really "hairy" over on the left wing of public opinion. Their once mighty "consensus" has struck an iceberg, and now the Liblogs are like those musicians playing an "uplifting" melody on the deck of the Titanic.
Check out this jackass, who believes Stephen Harper should be put on trial for deliberately and wantonly murdering poor people and polar bears. How do you have reasonable, pragmatic, progressive discussions with people who are this unhinged?
You're not supposed to have debates with people who are prone to hyperbole and fantasy.
ReplyDeleteNor are you supposed to grab a fringe figure of a group and extrapolate that to the whole--that's a argumentum ad hominem attack and illogical.
You talk to regular, grounded folks on the other side of the political divide to get to any "pragmatic, progressive discussions". Like me.
So left wing opinionists never latch on to the fringe right and extrapolate that to the whole? Hasn't Colbert made an entire career out of that?
ReplyDeleteYou can't discuss anything with a Liberal...at least not in a manner that any sane person would describe as a discussion. No matter how cogent and reasonable your talking points, a Liberal will quote the party mantra: We are Liberals, we are always right.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of determinism driving the alarmist imperative for action on climate change....
ReplyDeleteLiberals are the Borg.
ReplyDeleteAfter having read some of Marxamillion's other posts I am positive it is satire.
ReplyDeleteHow dare you suggest that the Gospels of Marx deserve the title of satire! Shame on you. This is serious business.
ReplyDeleteThis is about bringing heaven to earth people, and Bob Rae is my man to do exactly that!
ReplyDeleteIceman, Colbert is an American and not a Canadian. I was under the assumption that we were talking about the Canadian sphere of politics and not American-styled politics. I suppose we know where your opinions skew towards then, I suppose, seeing that the first example you bring up is that of an American. Oh well.
ReplyDelete:) And I didn't say it was just only right-winged people extrapolating an entire philosophy of a side from a fringe person. It happens a lot. It goes well beyond just the left-vs-right paradigm, too.
I just pointed out that such a tactic was illogical and non-substantive to the discussion you so dearly seem to want. It seems by the riposte you've posted that you're not quite as willing to engage such debates seeing that you went on to attack rather than rethink your own illogical post.
Oh well. I suppose it doesn't matter much since I'm likely speaking to a brick wall, Mr. Iceman.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice dismissed the conspiracy theories attached to the "climategate" allegations, insisting global warming is real and Canada needs to cut emissions.
ReplyDeleteIs Prentice part of the left wing of public opinion?
I'm sorry, I did not understand that I was not allowed to cite Stephen Colbert since his Canadian antithesis does not exist. The tactic of "extrapolating" the opinion of the fringe of your oponent and framing it to represent the entire demographic is a standard left wing tactic and it is bullshit. The left wingers I seek to parody are on my radar screen. I read, watch, and listen to what they do, and I take notes.
ReplyDeleteWhether you like it or not, the next generation of the right wing is evolving. I came through your unionized education system with honours. I might even have been published in peer reviewed journals had I spun the right talking points at specific stages. I would never cede what is right to promote what is wrong.