Distraction won't work. Show me how you didn't lie.
And I surely didn't libel that guy, he's so devoted to Stallmam he's over on other sites talking about "recruits" to "the cause"
You continue the libel. "recruits" to "the cause" was framing another poster's political argument, in the context of saying that is not the way to go.
A parallel. Let's say Dick Cheney says "You have all these people running around in Russia saying 'I'm a communist,' and they'll fail because of it." You then say he's a communist using his quote "I'm a communist."
In his postings (that you linked to), he explicitly stated that he opposed the ideological and promotes Linux on its merits alone. In those postings he himself trashed Stallman and was attacked for it by the ideologues. How about this juicy one:
Stallman is a whackjob. Every time he speaks it's diarrhea of the mouth. Stallman's ideology is one of the biggest roadblocks to both Linux on the desktop, and OSS on the desktop. And when it's seemingly that we've come across one roadblock, Stallman erects another one.Oh yeah, really "devoted to Stallmam." I don't believe you have even trashed Stallman that badly. Could you be any more blatantly libelous in mischaracterizing this FReeper? And his approach to popularizing Linux?
Being pragmatic and showing how linux/OSS is the superior product is the way to win this battle.Oh my god, he believes his favorite product is superior and would like it to win fairly in the marketplace on its merits. Commie alert!
"A parallel. Let's say Dick Cheney says "You have all these people running around in Russia saying 'I'm a communist,' and they'll fail because of it." You then say he's a communist using his quote "I'm a communist."
Any halfway intelligent person could understand that. I'm sure GE's mischaracterization is totally intentional. He KNOWS what the truth is, and he ignores it to present a deliberately incorrect picture of someone else. That's the crux of his argument...attribute things to people that they didn't really say, and then argue with it as if they did.
He can't stick with facts, because he knows he'll lose. He has to lie, and then believe his own lies as if they are true, and then when faced with them, ignore them and pretend that they were never uttered. But, what with cut and paste and all, this is not the ideal medium to do that.
His motto should be "Domination through Obfuscation".
Heh, you might just want to give it up. My words stand on their own, and you certainly can't out spin the spinner.
Once the spin gets too fast, facts just bounce off. Just open the NY Times.