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I don't know the details of this story... but I wish I'd never read your post... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #1
Because I expressed skepticism? DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #2
because you went out of your way to be ugly and derisive. hlthe2b Mar 2012 #8
I intended to be dismissive and scornful DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #10
Part of being a skeptic is being willing to point out when something is questionable, EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #3
That's exactly it DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #4
So...emotions trump truth? MineralMan Mar 2012 #13
Since when does rudeness & incivility equal truth? hlthe2b Mar 2012 #15
Since you're in this particular group. MineralMan Mar 2012 #16
No... "woo" gets rebutted with facts not by being nasty and demeaning to others. hlthe2b Mar 2012 #17
I'm appalled that so many people MineralMan Mar 2012 #18
If you don't have facts to support your case then this becomes nothing more than hlthe2b Mar 2012 #19
What you see on the Latest page is up to you. MineralMan Mar 2012 #20
It is YOU who is apparently complaining that 'non-group members reply to posts here... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #22
No, I'm not complaining at all. MineralMan Mar 2012 #25
Debunking is fine... Extreme ridiculing and mocking without substantive discussion is .... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #26
I think you should re-read the OP. MineralMan Mar 2012 #29
I went back to reread the OP, and i have to say that I don't see what... eqfan592 Mar 2012 #70
It is not necessary to rebut woo with facts DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #21
Which BOTH sides should do rspectfully and civilly... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #23
Should I be respectful of Mitch McConnell when he says DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #24
Since when is Mitch McConnell a DU member? hlthe2b Mar 2012 #27
It's not at all a straw man DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #28
Mocking and calling out other DU members with intense derision is the issue. hlthe2b Mar 2012 #30
Calling a post absurd is not what calling out a DU member means DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #31
Sorry that you can't be straight forward enough to acknowledge your own behavior. hlthe2b Mar 2012 #32
You're going around in circles and repeating insults DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #33
FWIW... uppityperson Mar 2012 #34
Thanks for posting that. I appreciate it. MineralMan Mar 2012 #35
Someone's going apeshit with the alert button. Ian David Mar 2012 #37
I suppose so. Never mind. MineralMan Mar 2012 #39
You are welcome. I have started doing this, if jury comes back "leave", let the poster know uppityperson Mar 2012 #46
I alerted on you. I lost. I was not wrong. You're being cruel to people for no discernable reason DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #47
Yes, I know you did. MineralMan Mar 2012 #48
You know that I did, because I told you I did. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #49
Thanks for your reply. MineralMan Mar 2012 #50
"earnest students"? Silent3 Mar 2012 #51
I think they're honest people expressing genuine feeling about a story they read DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #52
A very genuine, honest manifestation of engaging keyboards before engaging brains Silent3 Mar 2012 #53
I know what I define as cruel, and I saw it with MM and another poster DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #54
It's people ever-so-gently treading on this kind of fuzzy-headed thinking... Silent3 Mar 2012 #55
Then you're part of the problem and not part of the solution EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #56
defending reason and sanity is a far cry from riduculing someone for what they believe DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #57
What you don't seem to get... EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #58
and what you don't seem to get, is that I'm using MM's own terminology: ridicule DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #61
There's a rather marked difference between EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #66
Just can't let that go, can you? MineralMan Mar 2012 #59
Why would I let this go when you've invited me several times to peruse your FR posts? DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #60
No. I don't care if your post stays visible. I don't alert on attacks against myself. MineralMan Mar 2012 #62
This isn't off-topic at all DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #63
Look. No context. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to discuss this with you any MineralMan Mar 2012 #64
Then look at the FULL PAGES so you don't lose any CONTEXT DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #65
I was Juror #4. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #36
Well, in the case of this thread, the woo came from a GD post, MineralMan Mar 2012 #40
BeliefNet, Natural News and Prison Planet poison the blogosphere. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #41
Yup. That's my opinion, as well. MineralMan Mar 2012 #43
You did good. I read that thread with the same thoughts. immoderate Mar 2012 #5
Because everything is, like, connected to everything else. DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #6
Although elephants DO communicate over vast distances using infrasound. Ian David Mar 2012 #42
Dude, it's like all quantum and stuff. MadrasT Mar 2012 #45
Don't discard this just because it comes from beliefnet. I heard from a friend of a friend dimbear Mar 2012 #7
Hah! DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #9
LOL!! n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #38
If you look really closely, you'll see angels accompanying the MineralMan Mar 2012 #44
What grinds my gears... MadrasT Mar 2012 #11
It's that missing link called critical thinking. MineralMan Mar 2012 #14
What separates us from the believers Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #12
My (now deceased) cat was depressed for a month after my dog died. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #67
I've seen depression in the dogs and cats we've owned DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #68
Very true, sounds like an exaggeration to me. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #71
I figured the story was harmless if incredible. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #69
Maybe it’s not true, frogmarch Mar 2012 #72
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