Freddie said:ban-all-sheds said:Perhaps everybody should make a NY resolution, and stick to it, to never respond to anything that stupid racist posts.
First of all you have to define racist as it seems on here that a racist is anybody who doesnt agree with a certain few's beliefs.
Any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.
Let's separate the two.Saying that what ever you think of Joe or Slogger, they do raise some good points that you ignore in your race to try and shout them down
joe-90: He may well make some good points on some subjects - someone could be the most disgusting racist and be an expert on gardening or gas fitting or Galileo.
But in respect of his racist views, and the way that he unsuccessfully tries to spread racist propaganda under the guise of "reasoned debate" on topics such as immigration and asylum, no, I don't believe he does make any good points. Partly because he makes his bias too obvious, (he was the one, remember, who turned the topic of CORGI, gas regulations and DIY gas work into a platform for his messages of hate), and partly because he is actually incapable of "reasoned debate". Not only does he fail to answer questions, and then berate other people for doing exactly the same thing, he really does think that when it gets to the point where someone says "that's it, I'm not going to respond any more to posts like these", that if he carries on saying things that he's been told will be ignored that the other person's silence means that he is right and has "won".
It's exactly the same as if he was in a room having a face-to-face debate, and the other person were to leave the room, and he were to carry on talking, and then say "I see you have no answer to that, so obviously I have won and you have lost".
It really is so incredibly stupid.
And whilst I am not in favour of the use of the ad hominem fallacy, I do have to wonder if somebody who behaves so stupidly when posting on a subject that they care so much about does actually have the mental capacity to raise good points on any topic....
slogger: He is a murderous racist, but does at least have the decency to agree that he is, and for that honesty I respect him a lot more than I do joe-90, even though I disagree with him even more vehemently.
I can't say whether he has or has not ever raised good points on any subject, but I'd certainly not refuse to believe that he has, or could.