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    Reason and logic flies out the window

    The one thing I have noticed as a recent poster to TD is the amount of venom and invective that seems to go way past satire or banter.
    I often read things that I don't agree with but if and when I do reply it will hopefully be an opinion based on fact, reason and logic.
    I have noticed a few will denigrate Posters with terms like leftard, right wing bigot etc without offering any logic or facts to counter the argument. Whilst some is just sarcasm or banter some seems to descend into name calling rather than any facts as a counter argument.
    Am I the only one who would like to see more replies based on less name calling and more facts?
    "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak,courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."........... Winston Churchill

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    The one thing I have noticed as a recent poster to TD is the amount of venom and invective that seems to go way past satire or banter.
    stick around... you'll get used to it


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow
    Am I the only one who would like to see more replies based on less name calling and more facts?
    You are being mean and unfair denying the politically correct here the only form of reply they have.

    Take Trump threads - they want to join the revoultion against the globalist scum, but deep down cannot yet admit it , so they lash out.

    Or global warming - an 18 year pause ( apart from a few months El Nino) is a pretty tall order to counter politely..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow
    I often read things that I don't agree with but if and when I do reply it will hopefully be an opinion based on fact, reason and logic.
    Hope is nice. But some people, you try to interact once or twice, and then have to move on.

    The Bible somewhere says something along the lines of, "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him."

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    There is also a pattern to some posters who thrive on this abusive posting but they tend to attract each other.
    Let them get on with it and don't get sucked into their world.

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    oh dear..lighten up mate:
    'ours is not to reason why,ours is just to name a pie'

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasabi View Post
    There is also a pattern to some posters who thrive on this abusive posting but they tend to attract each other.
    Let them get on with it and don't get sucked into their world.
    But in fairness, you can be a bit of a dick sometimes.

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    sh1t you cnutz

    just tell everyone to fcuk off

    in prose

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    Blind self-importance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow
    I have noticed a few will denigrate Posters with terms like leftard, right wing bigot etc without offering any logic or facts to counter the argument.
    Ahhh, but the former is a weak attempt at insult when logic and reason are absent, and the latter is a demonstrably true statement of fact.
    Usually. Most times. Almost always.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    The one thing I have noticed as a recent poster to TD is the amount of venom and invective that seems to go way past satire or banter.
    I often read things that I don't agree with but if and when I do reply it will hopefully be an opinion based on fact, reason and logic.
    I have noticed a few will denigrate Posters with terms like leftard, right wing bigot etc without offering any logic or facts to counter the argument. Whilst some is just sarcasm or banter some seems to descend into name calling rather than any facts as a counter argument.
    Am I the only one who would like to see more replies based on less name calling and more facts?
    "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak,courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."........... Winston Churchill
    Totally understand your sentiment, Hugh.

    Alas it is a virtual world...and most interactions never take place live.

    For example Sophia of TeakDoor banner fame loves me...she just doesn't know it...yet.

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