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Cliff Schecter: Get Your Moronic Michelle Malkin Here!

You may have seen the non-controversy over John Edwards' hiring of talented blogger Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon fame. Or maybe not.

The basic story is that uber-moronic Right-tards such as Michelle Malkin, whose IQ has been in an internment camp for the better part of her life, thinks it's really bad that Amanda said words like "fuck" on her blog....
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admin – Mon, 2007 – 02 – 05 22:44

More fun with Cliff

(This note is only for those in the 3rd grade and below. Today we're going to talk about a new logical fallacy called the "straw man argument", using Mr. Schecter's post as an example. Kids, say "hi" to Mr. Schecter please. Now, as you can see, what he did was pretend that the only thing that Malkin and others are complaining about Marcotte is that she used swear words. In fact, the issue is not that so much as the fact that several of her statements are a bit, well, extreme. Mr. Schecter didn't answer that, he pretended the only thing objectionable about Marcotte is swearing. That's what we call a "straw man".)

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admin – Tue, 2007 – 02 – 06 00:05
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