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Friday, October 22, 2004

Bloviating

At Alas, a Blog, there's another frantic troll using the favorite, and most useless, tactic that anti-feminists use against feminists--assume that because we are women, we are dumb and easily cowed by showy demonstrations of intelligence.

What we learn from this comment is that this is just another BB where there are vastly different standards for insiders than outsiders. In the immediate instance we see that insiders are given far greater license in terms of language (i.e., what is considered insult). There is also plenty of evidence on this BB that anecdote that confirms the consensus is validated and anecdote that contradicts the consensus is dismissed or is the subject of condescension. In other words, this BB is typical.

What is it with conservatives and five dollar words? George Will does the same trick with his endless quoting, too. Do they really think that liberals are going to be so impressed that they won't notice the illogic at the center of their arguments? Or is it just that they are so impressed with five dollar words that they assume everyone else is?

I'm glad they do it, though, because it's the rare opportunity to reach into a lifetime's worth of reading waaaaay too much. Just wait for the arrogant conservative to misuse a big word or make an argument based on a history they only have a hazy grasp on and then it's time to beat them about the skull with the facts.

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So the guy is a socialist and expects the blogowner to give unlimited bandwidth whether or not the comment is worth the space. And he's probably dissing Ampersand, a man and usually the most frequent writer on the group blog.

Always run for the hills when someone starts talking about "validating consensus". Business schools teach bad writing and fuzzy thinking.

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