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To: Tznkai
Ok. You misunderstand.

I didn't misunderstand. Using the words verified fact in
the same statement with an opinion, such as "Lincoln was
Gay", is an intentional equivocation meant to mislead
and deceive.

equivocation

n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion] 2: intentionally vague or ambiguous
[syn: prevarication, evasiveness] 3: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: tergiversation

] Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

199 posted on 01/01/2006 8:09:08 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken.)
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To: higgmeister

O.o Hokay then. Hanlon's and Occam's razors need to be applied here. Attack based on a logical fallacy is only applicable when the fallacy is being used in an argument, in such a way it would serve to the advantage of the arguer. Second, and perhaps more important, I didn't bring it up in the first place, I was responding to (paraphrased) "This Lincon is gay crap".


203 posted on 01/01/2006 8:49:33 PM PST by Tznkai
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