R. Robot Isn’t Making Any Damn Sense!
R. Robot is at it again. I try to ignore the inane rantings and criticisms of right-wing bloviators like R. Robot but I can’t resist this opportunity to point out the tactics being used, which have become, quite honestly, tiresome of late especially when I find myself in the crosshairs. Here is what R. Robot has to say about yours truly in a post titled The Chomsky-like insouciance of Montag
In the mind of Montag, it’s always President Bush’s fault.
One of the nattering criminals, Montag slanders Paul Wolfowitz. “This whole thing is bullshit,” he said. Grumble, grumble, grumble. The truth makes the funny little creatures who make up the calculated liberal elite resort to outrageously emotional insults and cries of “unconstitutional!”
Them’s fightin’ words! (Or are they?)
Typical of every conservative who has truly drank the kool-aid, Robot follows S.O.P.: change subject and attack. Well, in this case, I’m not even sure what subject he is referring to, so devoid of content is his rant. Nonetheless, he responds first with a meaningless misstatement and then a (quite weak) ad hominem fallacy, including the declaration that Your Montag is a criminal, and even worse, one of the elite. I will not dignify Robot’s words with a response. But I will state the need to develop a boiler-plate response to be used when faced with the ‘change subject and attack’ gambit. We can’t let them change the subject anymore!
Would any of these work?
“Don’t change the subject, defend your position!”
“Stop arguing in fallacies!”
“Do you think you might be in denial because your position is morally untenable?”
“I’m rubber and your glue..”
Or simply:
“This conversation is over. Put up your dukes.”
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