There is a common tactic of liberal trolls that I’ve ignored for years but I’ve finally had enough of.
Some troll will get in the comments section and whine that I they didn’t like the way I wrote something. They can’t refute what I’ve just said so they whine…
You’ve seen the examples, some liberal idiot will whine that a conservative blogger is quoting a Mark Steyn column when they should be quoting Maureen Dowd or something. (If I wanted to do that, I’d be a liberal blogger)
-Now don’t get me wrong.- This is not legitimate debate. In fact, it is the oppsite.
It’s not like they are correcting a point of fact or even challenging a dubious conclusion. Basically they are whining. OFTEN there is an undercurrent of an accusation of dishonesty. “Well, you didn’t say blah blah blah” when in reality the thing they complain I did not mention is meaningless or even demonstrably false. — It’s not about honest debate it about casting aspersions.
I’m specifically not mentioning names in this post (in case you missed that) but I’ll give you a hypothetical. After a global warming post, some moron will say:
“Paul, you failed to mention that there is a scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming.”
That’s not about debate. That is, in fact, an effort to stifle debate. The Global Warming Gods have spoken and I’m not supposed to question them. — With the underlining accusation that I’m lying to my readers.
In the past, I’ve chuckled about these comments because they mean people don’t have anything legitimate to complain about. That time has passed.
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