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Feigned Boredom

In Reply to: Chauvinism?? posted by Karen on May 28, 1999 at 08:15:47:

I know it sure would be nice to chalk up Stuart's non-responses to his chauvinism, but I'm afraid the man has abandoned far too many debates with me for that to be the obvious truth. Let me relate my experiences with Stuart to you.
1) When confronted by an argument from the likes of me (or indeed, from many other posters her) Stuart jumps in full force, and argues for a while.
2) When his opponent points out that Stuart is using poor reason, using no reason, spouting only opinion without support yet calling it fact, or twisting arguments beyond recognition to save his face, Stuart tends to resort to mockery and name-calling
3) Usually at this point, he abandons the debate, but occasionally he returns to defend himself, claiming he abandoned the debate initially because his opponent was using faulty (emotionally driven) logic, or because he (Stuart) was bored.
4) Throw in a few references to god, the bible, long-standing tradition (it always remains unstated that this tradition is of the west, since all other traditions are, to Stuart, below mentioning), and the unimportance of life on earth when faced with eternity in heaven or hell, and Stuart remains the undefeated, unscathed, infallable, worthy debater he is.

Don't let his non-responses worry you too deeply (I know you probably don't). I always tell myself he's either conveniently forgotten or he's feigning boredom to save his title as debater-par-excellence.

Follow Ups:

• I guess I was taking it personally Karen USA June 05 1999 (0)