Re: Enuf is Enuf

In article <1189448499.634881.32890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Ms.Brainy" <mikabrainy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 10, 3:57 am, RT <RTM...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1189408716.522357.46...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

"Ms.Brainy" <mikabra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Excuse me Mr Otis? I call you (or any of your 2nd opinion buddies)
names? I dont. It's not my style. It's OTHERS who call you names,
like idiot, and like liar, and like hypocrite, and like ignorant, and
like gullible, etc..

smug, pest, and bullshitter don't count? Or is it Andrew?

To Andrew:

I am totally fed up with you. You are a disgusting mega-SMUG and a
BULLSHITTER par excellance. I thought that you have finished your
"mission" on s.m.v. and might come back only at some future time, like
a returning comet, but no, you are still here like a PEST. You have
nothing new to say, but you keep saying it nonetheless.

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~RT

These are descriptions of conduct, on which I have elaborated.
Name calling is INSTEAD of material and substantive content.
Name calling is usually used when you can't, or don't want to, bring
any substantive argument.
Constantly calling somebody "stupid" is name calling.
If you call somebody stupid after you have exhausted all reasoning and
material argument, then it's an indication that you see no hope of
reaching the person you are trying to reach. This is what Neil does
with Otis, after years of attempts to reason with him.
But if you call somebody stupid instead of bringing material argument,
then it's name calling. This is what Quasimodo does (inter alia, if
you know what I mean).

I am on the brink of getting to Neil's place. This NG has become a
zoo, and what remains is to watch the gorillas pounding on their
chests. It's entertaining, I must admit.

Ha Ha! So "idiot, liar, hypocrite, ignorant and gullible" are not
descriptions of conduct, but "smug, pest and bullshitter" are which
makes them not name calling? "Smug, pest and bullshitter" is substantive
content whereas "idiot, liar, hypocrite, ignorant and gullible" is
name-calling! Ha Ha Ha! Well blow me over with a feather. This NG is a
great example of all sorts of alternate realities.

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~RT

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