RIC wrote:At some point in time would it not be interesting to consider the ability or even interest to PERSUADE an interlocutor?
Asked, answered, asked, answered, asked answered. OK, asked again, I'll answer again. The Left has decided to CRUSH the Republicans instead of discussing anything. Republicans are the devil, when both parties did and said the exact same things (e.g., WMDs) the Democrats were truthful and the Republicans liars, letting liberal lawyers run this country is a magic elixir that will solve all problems. And the Republicans instead of standing up have been crushed because they are pathetic. Every discussion results in a liberal cluster based on the inherent truth of liberalism. Not one liberal has been interested in discussing any real cause and effect economics, liberalism is the elixir, that's all I get back. There is NO POINT. Liberals like dissenters like Irn-Bru so they can say their minds are open while they reject every idea and pat him on the head because he professes in the end he is a liberal. It's win-win for the left, they win, they win.
RIC wrote:The origin of this thread comes precisely from the fact that several public observers consider that Obama is more pragmatic and center than they thought. Any accusations based on groundless exaggerations are actually COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to your political cause and credibility as a poster.
Hello, how many times can I say this, I have no political cause. Liberalism's won. We're going to get national health care, energy, ever expanding welfare for the elderly, government control over wall street and corporations. How many times can I concede? All that's left is harassing the Left. And frankly while my methods are totally unpersuasive to someone who disagrees with them, they are still based on a lot more logic and facts then what's used by the Left. Though no strategy works, liberalism is the elixir. To the Left that is fact, so why should I use one ineffective strategy over another because you said so?
And again the magic Left, Obama's not even taken office and he's already a "centrist."

RIC wrote:There are other right of center posters in this forum. Some of them are pretty smart. You have managed to alienate even the guys on your side of the spectrum. This approach may work for Rush Limbaugh but it certainly does not stand to serious scrutiny of any sort in political or philosophical terms.
Liberalism is the magic elixir, nothing works.
RIC wrote:Good luck and I hope that you manage to develop better debating skills and greater depth in your philosophical background in the future. It could be fun if you could raise your game a notch.
In the meantime ...
The "alienation" thing again, I'm not in the liberal religion, so I'm "alienated" from the collective. Dude, it's projection as to how you would feel if you were not secure in your views that you and the rest of the liberals agree on every issue. If I were like that I would BE a liberal. So to tell me I feel how I WOULD feel if I were a liberal when I agree I'm not is totally pointless.
RIC wrote:Good luck and I hope that you manage to develop better debating skills and greater depth in your philosophical background in the future. It could be fun if you could raise your game a notch.
Um..OK. You repeat what every Democrat in America says and challenge me to raise my "game a notch." What about raising your own game a "notch" by saying something every liberal in this country doesn't say every day? What about an original idea? You'll like the results in my "game," which you would know if you read what I've written when it's happened.