- You both rely heavily on cut n' paste style quotations of others.
- While cutting n' pasting, you both often appeal to the authority of that from which you quote - sloppy argumentation at best.
- You both set absurd standards of historical documentation to which you demand others meet. Llan-ey did this on his silly attempt to discredit the Adams quote I posted, and Walt does it every time I refuse to retype a 30 page chapter of a book verbatim since he's too lazy to get a copy himself.
- Neither of you come anywhere close to meeting these documentation standards in your own posting activities. Both of you have quoted without giving any source at times and Walt recently requested I look up a passage he wasn't willing to type only moments after refusing to do the same when I directed him to a much more prolific writing than that he requested I seek.
- More often than not, the cut n' pastes made by both of you have little or absolutely nothing to do with that to which they purport to be responding.
- You both verbally abuse credentialed sources, historical figures, and other FR posters for simply holding an opinion on the war different from your own. Llan-ey does this much more so than Walt, who for the most part, but not always, controls his mouth. Comparatively, Llan-ey's mouth is always being shot off and closely resembles its downtown Boston street gutter source that got Llan-ey thrown off of FR a few months ago.
- You both interject yourselves into conversations/debates with myself and other posters and continue only to the point that the going gets tough for you. Cornered with facts, you both retreat and duck under the radar for a few days or weeks by not responding, only to reappear after the situation has passed touting the same line that got you into trouble earlier despite its having caused you factual difficulties immediately prior.
Its all a very interesting testament to your mindset, and one to which I invite my fellow confederates to add their own contributions. Other than that, have a nice day.
If oyu can't find something pithy to quote out of 30 pages, it can hardly be very important or compelling.
In fact, it must be completely useless if it comes to us through your filter.
You hate the primary sources.
I like them, because I don't want the words of Washington and Lincoln to be forgotten or misused.
Walt
Hear, hear. You are exactly correct. Seems to be a lot of cutting and pasting and not much original thinking.