From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Aug 11 2005 - 19:11:21 BST
msh:
> Any one of my charges against the Faux Philosopher can and has been
> verified countless times in past discussions on this list. However, I'll
> be happy to provide abundant evidence and argument to support my opinions
> to anyone who is not convinced by reading from the list alone.
Msh supports his views by repeating, "It's obvious." That answer,
representing msh's level of critical thinking, would earn even a second-
grader an F.
> msh:
> Unrefuted evidence has been presented in a wide variety of threads,
> and not just by me.
Msh thinks that's obvious. It isn't.
> This does not stop TFP from repeating the same
> vile misinterpretations over and over again, a method of
> disinformation learned from Limbaugh and other dittoheads, and which
> derives directly from the Nazi propagandists Goering and Goebbels:
>
> "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will
> eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for
> such time as the State can shield the people from the political,
> economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes
> vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress
> dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by
> extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
It takes one to know one. All msh does is repeat his unsubstantiated
allegations ad nauseam.
Further, msh doesn't respond to Pirsig's citing those who engage in ad
hominem attacks as "evil." Does anyone wonder why?
Platt
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