>>jeffersondem wrote: “I thought you had made a New Year’s Resolution to make issue-based arguments to support your deeply held opinions and to avoid visceral, personal attacks. You made it to January 2. It is not too late to turn away from the personal attacks.”
>>Joey wrote: “If you’ve read Kalamata’s posts, you know I’m grossly understating my critique of them and him.”
Joey cannot discuss a topic without casting aspersions. In his very first post to me on Free Republic, Joey (a non-scientist) lectured me (a scientist) on how ignorant I was about science. His 2nd post was a continuation of ad hominem attacks. We have been “FRiends” since. [/sarcasm]
The problem with know-it-alls, like Joey, is they have been name-calling for so long they don’t even realize their words are insulting. The only “insults” they hear are those thown back at them.
Mr. Kalamata
I forgot to ping you on #325.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3802793/posts?page=325#325
Mr. Kalamata
Kalamata claims to be a scientist, but his posts make perfectly clear he's just the opposite, he's anti-science.
Worse, he dishonestly claims that whatever Kalamata believes is science, while what he disagrees with is not.
So "science" in Kalamata's world-view begins with the Bible and ends wherever it might be seen to conflict with Kalamata's interpretations of Biblical text.
As for "casting aspersions", that's what Kalamata does -- it's not just his modus operandi, it's also his raison d'etre.
Kalamata: "The problem with know-it-alls, like Joey, is they have been name-calling for so long they dont even realize their words are insulting.
The only insults they hear are those thown back at them."
"Know-it-all" certainly describes Kalamata, with smears, name-calling & insults his major weapons.
He also brings a large repertoire of tactics for denying reality and asserting his own fantasies.
In all fairness, Kalamata's ability to word-search whole libraries full of books & documents in order to deliver accurate quotes is beyond anything I can approach or have seen elsewhere.
Yes, I've seen him abuse quotes, for example, to make a scientist like Stephen Gould sound anti-science, but I've never yet seen, or caught, Kalamata faking quotes.