A firearm question for you LeftiesFollow

Yet nobody's ever figured out what the hell your stance on anything is so really, is that our problem or are you just failing miserably at communicating your stance, if indeed you even have the guts to take one?

why so you can tell us all about how you explained it clearly in post #XXX and hem and haw about how no one understands you. Maybe its you? Ya its probably you. But at least you don't tell everyone how they are wrong, like Gbaji, I will give you that. While you seem to have trouble conveying your thoughts, you do not act like a windbag.

Edited, Jan 13th 2013 10:15am by rdmcandie

I'd say that they're terrible writers because they're terrible thinkers. Alma in particular seems to struggle with basic logic. If you were to try to construct an argument with him by saying "Okay, Alma, for the sake of this point, let's say that a "lep" is a ball..." he'd spend the next 57 pages arguing that lep isn't in a word.

That's the main reason that he can't articulate a position. He's also vaguely aware of his deficiencies, so some of his obfuscation is a subconscious attempt to keep his positions nebulous - that way he can always convince himself that he's right.

This looks to be a good place to leave this:


“Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!”
― Richard P. Feynman

Let's have a quick show of hands from the people that can understand Alma's points.

This is easily dispelled. Every time someone claims that s/he is unable to understand what I'm saying, I ask to specifically point out what is confusing. However, no one has yet to do that, outside of "everything".

Given that the very said people ARE RESPONDING TO MY STATEMENTS, they have a level of understanding. If not, they are even more ridiculous for responding to something that they clearly have ZERO understanding to as opposed to asking for clarification.

Your move...

Edited, Jan 14th 2013 4:27am by Almalieque

OMG NADENU YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED!!

I have tried before to guess a point that Alma has made. Almost every time, I get a, "Close, but you missed this..." response. I think it's pretty obvious that I can't understand him.

If I remember correctly, the last time someone asked him his stance on same-sex marriage, the answer was something along the lines of, "I oppose it for personal reasons that I won't divulge because it will muck up the current discussion."

From the "Firearms" thread, I sort of caught that his stance was that he believes in gun control, but not complete eradication. He has said time and again that he is a "centrist." I am honestly not sure what that means.

I'd read more of gbaji's posts (as I've got nothing against long posts in-and-of themselves), but he almost always leads off with a fallacy or incorrect statement so egregious that there's no reason to continue on.

I usually do, though I wish I didn't sometimes.

He tends to take a definition or argument and extend it to a point most people here wouldn't; or apply it in a way that is atypical. If you go back and follow his logic it can make perfect sense, despite the fact the conclusion is baffling to most everyone here. It reminds me of the thought experiments one of my philosophy professors was fond of doing.



Now, all those times you told me never to talk to Alma. Yeah...

True. Like the time I fucked that horse.