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Old 11-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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The free speech straw man. Always one of my personal favorites.

Seriously, if you'd just call me a Nazi or compare me to Hitler, you'd have hit for the troll cycle.
So basically everyone that agree's with your viewpoint is alright in your eyes... And anyone who has a different opinion better shut up and sing...so to speak.
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Old 11-30-2009, 12:16 PM
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So basically everyone that agree's with your viewpoint is alright in your eyes... And anyone who has a different opinion better shut up and sing...so to speak.
No. There are people I respect who think Zenyatta should be HOY, even if I don't agree with them. They just make cogent arguments that don't rely on lies, distortions, gross inaccuracies, and disingenuous tactics.

That's what you fail to understand. That's why the free speech argument is so rich, since the only thing you have to fall back on is accusing me of denying you your right to your opinion, when all anyone is doing is pointing out the numerous fallacies in your opinion...fallacies that you need to be true in order for you personally to have a coherent argument. That's something you still don't really have. There is an argument that I disagree with on making Zenyatta HOY or naming the Lady's Secret after her or whatever else it is you want to crow about, but that's not the argument you're making. You're just throwing $hit at a wall and hoping it sticks....and after three months of similar arguments, it's still clean.

Oh well. You can make this about ME all you want. Everyone else will keep making it about the facts and the real arguments. But that's what people do when they have no other argument, they make it about being a victim of those mean people who call your arguments dishonest or disingenuous.
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Old 12-01-2009, 09:06 AM
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"Santa Anita Park" also joined the Facebook group Zenyatta For Horse of the Year.
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Old 12-03-2009, 01:10 PM
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I'm probably gonna regret bringing this post back to the forefront, but I'm surprised nobody posted this so far. Crist nails it on the head:

http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...3&subs=0&arc=0
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