tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post111136173500776872..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Horowitz supporters over at Moonbat Central turn out to be dumb as dirt. Quelle surprise.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1111489554104436662005-03-22T06:05:00.000-05:002005-03-22T06:05:00.000-05:00Part of the problem (which I will blog about one ...Part of the problem (which I will blog about one of these days) is that most people are extremely sloppy in their use of language or, more commonly, they just don't understand it when <B>others</B> are being precise.<BR/><BR/>As an example, consider the following hypothetical exchange:<BR/><BR/><B>Dave</B>: A college student was dragged from her dorm room by enraged liberal professors and flayed alive for writing an essay praising America.<BR/><BR/><B>Me</B>: Uh ... I don't believe you.<BR/><BR/><B>Dave</B>: Hey! Are you calling me a liar?<BR/><BR/><B>Me</B>: No, I was saying that <I>I don't believe you</I>. There's a difference.<BR/><BR/>And the difference is ... what? Left as an exercise for the reader.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1111485851072279122005-03-22T05:04:00.000-05:002005-03-22T05:04:00.000-05:00There is, as others have noted, a "telephone game"...There is, as others have noted, a "telephone game" effect in blogspace. Singham didn't make the accusation, and neither did I, but several of the more prominent bloggers (Glenn Reynolds and Randy Barnett) <I>did</I> say that we were charging Horowitz with ... is there a verb form of "urban legend"? UL-ing? Anyway, given that this is a fight about sources, it's kind of ironic, I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com