On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 12:02 PM, Chuck Ryan wrote:

>>
>> But I was just impressed by the meanness and irrationality of
>> those who knew they were going to go no further in the
>> military, especially those whose highest rank was going to be
>> colonel. These people either turned very bitter or tried
>> desperately to out-gung ho one another. I tend to put that
>> particular "message to the troops" in among the latter.
>>
>> Wirt Atmar
>>
>
> Wirt's posts in response to this is a typical tactic taught in
> Liberalism 101.
>
> You will notice that he did not actually address the content of the
> post, but instead questioned the direct involvement and then the
> quality
> and future prospects of the officer. The little jab at how this
> threatened free journalism was thrown in to add spice.
>
> This is a the single most common method used by liberals to deal with
> information that disagrees with their world view. When you cannot
> disprove or otherwise deal directly with the content, distract from the
> content by attacking the messenger's integrity, personality and
> hygiene.

Not unlike your posting.

FW

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