tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post4098324520899049330..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Thanks to George Conger for making the Presiding Bishop's pointSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-20790720065513011242010-03-04T20:50:40.918-08:002010-03-04T20:50:40.918-08:00Elizabeth beat me to the Faux News comparison.
It...Elizabeth beat me to the Faux News comparison.<br /><br />It's interesting that most of the time, the "corrections" never receive quite the airing of the original untruth.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307577797436942811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-11900267916669666282010-03-03T05:33:06.725-08:002010-03-03T05:33:06.725-08:00It's a shame that he feels justified in resort...It's a shame that he feels justified in resorting to spreading lies about the PB.<br /><br />As a highly intelligent (professed) Christian person, it is amazing Conger can show such a surprising lack of integrity.David and Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545394141617985139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-54710589139399586252010-03-03T04:44:46.627-08:002010-03-03T04:44:46.627-08:00The best definition of this type of argument is on...The best definition of this type of argument is on the Nizkor Project: "The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position." <br /><br />As a debating tactic, it ranks along the same lines as suggesting someone's parents were unmarried or that they are a Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569212473893957664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-51307055790546553472010-03-02T17:14:14.431-08:002010-03-02T17:14:14.431-08:00I think they took the Decalogue and replaced "...I think they took the Decalogue and replaced "Thou shalt not bear false witness," with "Thou shalt hate, loathe, and despise those icky gays."<br /><br />That's the only explanation for their blatant lying that makes any sense to me...<br /><br />(I think they have been trying to replace "Thou shalt not steal" too, but they are having a harder time there, since Wormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-21594089154437381342010-03-02T17:06:36.338-08:002010-03-02T17:06:36.338-08:00The pattern of lies, fabrication and spin is a wel...The pattern of lies, fabrication and spin is a well established one on the Right side of the aisle. <br /><br />The folks on the right consider this "journalism". I call it "FAN" = "Fox Anglican News".Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.com