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A. I never stereotyped Americans. When and where did I say that? I do have my political leanings, but who doesn't? But I don't see where I said, Americans are this or that.
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I was utilizing your past posts here - in this thread, you have strayed from making any definite statements, but there have been backhanded elements, no? Either way - I'm just pointing out that these aren't going unnoticed.
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B. Actually if you notice my first post, I said "my friend told me.....", and I didn't say this is my clear, cold-cut opinion. War sucks, I know about the ugly side of war, and that alot of tragic things happen during war...but I don't see how what I said did not make sense. Oh my bad for using "left, right and center"..that's just my daily language..not what I would actually write..in say...an English class..and people say worse things here..so what? I just meant to emphasize that my friend told that rapes and kidnappings have INCREASED since the war started.
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And I'm telling you that this is anecdotal evidence, which has no bearing on legitimate discussion. The language part, that's cool - it's colloquial, we'll let it slide. However, using "a friend told me ..." is the classic logical argumentative fallacy. Just saying.
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C. I don't think that I am the only emotional person here RCooper. When my faith is constantly under attack on GC, I will stand up for it. When people make false comments about Islam, I will tell 'em if they are wrong. are you calling this clouded?
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OK - well, I'm not RACooper, so hopefully this wasn't backhanded towards him, b/c none of this applies to me.
Your faith? When did that become part of this discussion? This is either non sequitur or a strawman, and either way it is a basic appeal to emotional authority - again, a logical fallacy.
The 'clouded' part is that you've allowed something horrible that happened to someone connected to you (emotion), as well as the fact that it's the 'latest' thing you've heard (latency), to cloud what should otherwise be pretty straightforward (hussein 100%, unilaterally, had to go).
I'm calling THAT clouded; nowhere does this include religion.
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So no, I don't feel embarassed. Should I be? cuz you and told me to? *lol*
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I'm telling you why you should be suspect of your own arguments - if you choose to be embarrassed, good for you, you're learning! If not, hey, life is bueno for me, I'm going to hit lunch hour like a ton of bricks either way, boss.