When you absolutly destroy someone with strong reasoning and fact, and then at the end of the debate they just say "well i believe im right even though I can't prove it." That said ive been on the loosing sides many times, i like to think that most of the time i might say "hmm ill need to think about that" or "i think you might be right" — The Devils Disciple
People who accuse me of an ad hominem attack because I’m mean to their ideas or a bit rough with my language. Hey you, yes you… asshole - an ad hominem attack is an attack directly on your person – your intelligence or personal hygiene. If I say “this is the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard,” it may be uncivil, it may be bad philosophy, but it’s not an ad hominem attack. If I say “why should I even consider the stupid ideas of someone as butt ugly as you are,” that is. — T Clark
I read about a guy who thought workers who were about to lose their jobs because their factory was shutting down shouldn’t be allowed to get together, buy the factory, and run it themselves because it was “communism. — T Clark
Sadly Americans exist whether you believe in them or not. They stand as a warning against stupidity for the rest of the world. Now they have their God. Trump is without a shadow of doubt the single most stupid leader of any country since the dawn of history. He can't read, he can barely write. He's a narcissistic fantasist. ... sorry went off on one there. — charleton
What they, and you are talking about is INSULTS. — charleton
Trump is without a shadow of doubt the single most stupid leader of any country since the dawn of history. He can't read, he can barely write. He's a narcissistic fantasist. ... sorry went off on one there. — charleton
I wish i knew how to import the pictures from this comic onto our threads... alas, I am a failure. — Moliere
subject/verb agreement error: ...are insults. Pet peeve #20942.
unnecessary punctuation error ...they and you. Pet peeve 20943. — Bitter Crank
you have your Brexit geniuses. Colossal stupidity — Bitter Crank
All true, but then you have your Brexit geniuses. Colossal stupidity. — Bitter Crank
Using big words and concepts that you don't understand to prove a totally irrelevant point — Abdul
Failure to understand that words are not reality. — T Clark
It seems to me that this is one of the greatest flaws of large swathes of philosophy, academic and otherwise. — PossibleAaran
Failure to understand that words are not reality — T Clark
Hey could you guys help me out with my philosophy homework? The question is: “If Nietzsche were a dentist, what tune would he hum to himself while needlessly extracting patients’ teeth?” The multiple-choice answers are: (a) Wagner; (b) Beethoven; (c) One of his own lame compositions; (d) Trick question: he’d actually be engaging in a wee bit of furious onanism.
Now, I know this seems like an odd assignment, but it’ll make a lot more sense when you realize it’s the final exam question at St. John’s Annapolis, the university that teaches you valuable life lessons like what it’s like to take a lot of speed and read Euclid instead of doing real math. — Ilyosha
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