"I don't know quite who you think you're fooling here - your posts are positively dripping with contempt, and yet you whine and cry about how nasty other people are with their posts. Give is a rest. If you can't post your opinions in a civil way, without slyly denigrating the people you're posting to, I suggest you go back to soliciting clients in emergency rooms, or whatever it is you do when you're not here."
It's just not possible for you to debate, is it? And if my posts "drip with contempt" it's because I can't believe people are so ignorant as to their rights, and then launch ad hominem attacks (your post is a perfect example of the ad hominem attack, by the way) against those who point out that their interpretation of the law does not pass Constitutional muster.
Far from whining and crying about nastiness, I merely point out the fact that a post contains an ad hominem attack. I'm sure that you and others who resort to such tactics wish I wouldn't point them out, but alas, I feel I must.
The ad hominem attacks don't bother me; I rather expect them when I post things that tend to uphold our civil liberties.
So if you want to continue posting such attacks, it's really A-OK with me. Is name-calling really more fun and rewarding than debate?
(your post is a perfect example of the ad hominem attack, by the way) No, Henny, it isn't. In addition to being nasty and snarky, you must have failed Logic 101 - hey, that is kind of fun.
An "ad hominem" attack is when I attack you personally as a means of refuting your argument, suggesting that your argument is flawed because of some personal circumstance of yours. I have made no intimations about the quality of your argument, merely your quality as a poster and as a person. Pointing out that you're a nasty, horrible person is not an ad hominem attack - it is a statement of fact. If my argument was essentially that your posts were flawed because you're a nasty, horrible person, that would be an ad hominem argument.
I'm available to continue educating you in basic logic and rhetoric, by the way, but I do charge by the hour.
I'm sure that you and others who resort to such tactics wish I wouldn't point them out, but alas, I feel I must.
Silly person. If you held yourself to that same high standard, I never would have said a word. But you want to be free to insult and belittle others, while at the same time whining about how you're being personally attacked. Sorry, peddle that line of junk elsewhere.