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To: Rooivalk; Dane
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last."

You're mistaken if you think Dane is actually advocating appeasement as a viable option. His is a much deeper purpose: to test the rhetoric of internal dissention. If you've spent much time on the Net or in debates, the pattern is very easy to detect.

It's all about criticism, re-direction and dismissal. Armed with a handful of stock responses, it takes very little energy but produces wonderful results - if the targets co-operate. I suggest you and others engaged in this petty banter educate yourself as to the technique.

First and foremost, don't allow yourself to be put on the defensive. Challenge him to present his own set of assumptions and prescriptions. You'll soon see that either he won't directly repond; much less likely, he'll actually be flushed out and expose his hand.

149 posted on 07/24/2005 6:07:42 PM PDT by lemura
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To: lemura

yes, see post #144. he wont answer these questions.

he has other allies that troll on FR threads, im sure you would recognize their names. no point in calling them out until they get involved in the thread....they show up in droves to tancredo/savage/immigration threads


151 posted on 07/24/2005 6:09:37 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (islamofascism, like socialism must be eradicated from the face of this earth)
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To: lemura

Got it


152 posted on 07/24/2005 6:11:22 PM PDT by Rooivalk
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To: lemura
First and foremost, don't allow yourself to be put on the defensive. Challenge him to present his own set of assumptions and prescriptions. You'll soon see that either he won't directly repond; much less likely, he'll actually be flushed out and expose his hand

Wow, I didn't know I was such an expert. I'm honored.

Anyway, anyway you look at it tancredo gave the islamofascists propaganda points to use in the muslim world.

172 posted on 07/24/2005 6:38:35 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: lemura

The simplest solution is to ignore Dane's opinions. That is, unless you can't resist the sport of "...never the twain shall meet" sparring! I'm reminded of advising the victims of teasing that when they no longer react, the teaser becomes powerless. The gig is up. But if you're all having fun, hey, go to it!


253 posted on 07/24/2005 10:28:48 PM PDT by IIntense
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