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So, I've been here for 11 years, does that give me the right to tell you to "buzz off"? Find someone here for 12 years, and they can tell me to "buzz off"?

Got you beat by three months Rebel.

Now just do as the man says and buzz off.

"Got you beat by three months Rebel. Now just do as the man says and buzz off."

Clearly you missed the point of my post, so I will state it more plainly. Senority is no basis for dismissing an idea or argument. My point was that GGG has no more authority to tell socialismislost to "buzz off" than I have to tell GGG to "buzz off".

I used his words exactly, and called him a "NEWB", to show him that his basis was flawed. If GGG responded to me that I had no right to tell him to "buzz off" because I was here longer, then he would have to admit that he was just as wrong to tell socialismislost to "buzz off". Faced with such a conundrum, GGG did what he always does, he ignored it, and focused on some other part of the post. That was rather telling.

As I stated earlier, when your arguments are weak these lame tactics are used:

(1) Argument by Authority "This famous guy agrees with me, so I must be right..."

(2) Argument by Senority "I have been here longer than you, so I dismiss your points out of hand..."

(3) Argument by Majority "Most of the population agrees with me, so I must be right..."

Again, so you don't miss it, Number 2 above is the operative case.