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By admin | Aug 26 2016 2:15 AM
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By cooldudebro | Aug 26 2016 10:42 AM
admin: When people are biased when judging.
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Crow
By Crow | Aug 28 2016 12:29 PM
When you make an argument void of verifiable claims and statistics, and the only response that you get is to prove it.

For example, if I made a long argument on how love is more important than hate because it creates emotional security, and someone replies "Give evidence"

I'd hope we would be above meandering of that magnitude.
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Famousdebater
By Famousdebater | Aug 28 2016 1:08 PM
Crow: Citation is a fundamental part of debate. If you don't like the "prove it" response then you should back up your necessary claims with citations in the first place.
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Crow
By Crow | Aug 28 2016 1:15 PM
Famousdebater: Not when it comes to meandering.

It is a dishonest debating tactic straight out of the mouth of Saul Alinsky.
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By admin | Aug 28 2016 2:03 PM
Crow: Sort of ironic, then, that you did exactly this on the North Korea thread just yesterday... you made an argument, I made a counter-argument, and all you could say was "prove it" ;)
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By Crow | Aug 28 2016 3:10 PM
admin: I actually asked you to provide sources for your factual claims.

You are by far the stupidest person I have ever met in my life. That is why I am ignoring all intellectual conversations with you, because you are incapable of having them.
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By admin | Aug 28 2016 3:13 PM
Crow: Sure, after you made many factual claims and didn't source them.

Yet just earlier on when somebody asked you for a source for a factual claim, you straight away went on this thread and called it dishonest.
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By Crow | Aug 28 2016 3:16 PM
admin: *This is a reminder from the ABD committee. Admin is a notorious provoker of stupidity. He will pressure you into stooping to his level of utter idiocy and retardedness at every oppurtunity.

Do not engage. This is a standardized message.
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Famousdebater
By Famousdebater | Aug 28 2016 10:48 PM
Crow: In your example:

if I made a long argument on how love is more important than hate because it creates emotional security, and someone replies "Give evidence"

A citation may still be necessary. Psychological as well as neurological studies may be needed to prove that live creates emotional security (because I can think of reasons as to why it could do the opposite).
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