Idiotic Debating Tactics

Started by Bardock4275 pages

Originally posted by jaden101
no didn't...i quoted this

unless of course, his name is cream puffer or petulant child

Well, you did though...I can see it in your post...let me quote:

PVS

this was the post i made in glorious technicolour

i dont see his name anywhere

Originally posted by jaden101
this was the post i made in glorious technicolour

i dont see his name anywhere

No, that was not the post he was referring to when he said he didn't mention you by name to which you replied that you didn't either, while you did. Just pointing out the way it is.

No, that was not the post he was referring to when he said he didn't mention you by name to which you replied that you didn't either, while you did. Just pointing out the way it is.

no...i quoted him....i didn't mention his name in my post did i

lets check

so it's closeted insults you're into...if you have a problem with someone...have the cahones to tell them...instead of making pointless threads that generalise (something which you say you dont like yet do it all the time)

and i didn't mention you by name either..you just provided a perfect example of the kind of childish "toys out of the pram" tactic that people who have been proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt to be wrong, love to throw out in a feeble attempt to have the last word

if you dont want me to ruin your thread then you can pm rather than replying...

nope...no name there either

Originally posted by jaden101
no...i quoted him....i didn't mention his name in my post did i

lets check

nope...no name there either

Oh, so nowadays quotes are not part of your post? I see...wait...they are. You mentioned him, replied directly to him. To claim you didn't is well...wrong.

do i have a say in the fact that "Originally posted by" comes up when you quote someone?...no...therefor did i personally mention his name?...no

but like i say...i used a quote by him cause it's a shining example of what many people do on this board...he responded and here we are

Originally posted by jaden101
do i have a say in the fact that "Originally posted by" comes up when you quote someone?...no...therefor did i personally mention his name?...no

but like i say...i used a quote by him cause it's a shining example of what many people do on this board...he responded and here we are

Your post, you could have edited it, but you mentioned his name

And that may be true, and frankly I don't care, but you mentioned his name, that's all I'm saying..cause you did...and denied it...but did...although denying it.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Your post, you could have edited it, but you mentioned his name

And that may be true, and frankly I don't care, but you mentioned his name, that's all I'm saying..cause you did...and denied it...but did...although denying it.

didn't know you could edit that part if you could but i didn't know that i could

that should make sense

Originally posted by jaden101
do i have a say in the fact that "Originally posted by" comes up when you quote someone?

Yes.

Originally posted by jaden101
therefor did i personally mention his name?

Yes again.

I have nothing against you at all Jaden, you and I seem to get along and I personally remember no ill will between us. But you seem to be a fairly intelligent individual who has quite a bit of experience on this forum and with the quote fuction, so your explanation is a little flat.

If you were being honest, you would admit you could have quoted someone without showing their name as follows:

1.

Originally posted by ******
do i have a say in the fact that "Originally posted by" comes up when you quote someone?

2.


do i have a say in the fact that "Originally posted by" comes up when you quote someone?

technique: give elaborate answer with detailed statements and the other person goes "Thats only an opinion"

Name-calling.

Link spamming.

Originally posted by PVS
i know there was a thread on this, but alas they changed the search function and i cant find it.

what are the stupidest tactics for debating you have seen?
[b]no names please, just state it, and if giving an example do not paste a debate from another thread. just give a hypothetical example.

example:

one which has been reoccuring very often is what i will refer to as "run with the analogy". this is a tactic where, when an opponent shoots out an abstract analogy to illustrate their pattern of logic, the poster will ignore that it was simply an analogy and run with it, accusing the opponent of making a direct comparison...all the time completely dodging the point, imho very much on purpose.

poster 1: you shouldnt just get pregnant without knowing what you're getting into. parenting is a heavy responsibility. to go about it in a rush and without proper planning would be like running through traffic blindfolded.

poster 2: omg how can you compare parenting with running through traffic? how stupid. only an idiot would compare the two (on and on)

i can think of a million of them, but lets hear your observations.

oh yeah, most important: please do not quote logical fallacies. those who would understand already know them, and those who dont know are most likely too set in their own silly ways to ever care to learn them, as they are the often the ones who gleefully commit them. [/B]

Yeah. I hate that one so much!

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
technique: give elaborate answer with detailed statements and the other person goes "Thats only an opinion"

That's only an opinion.

I have nothing against you at all Jaden, you and I seem to get along and I personally remember no ill will between us. But you seem to be a fairly intelligent individual who has quite a bit of experience on this forum and with the quote fuction, so your explanation is a little flat.

i am the same...i have no problem with anyone on the forum...myself and AC have had a good few heated debates in the music forum and i've had a few with PVS about politics and i'm glad there are people like them on the forum because there are far to many shallow people here and it seems that folk with genuine heart felt opinions are few and far between

but i've always been of the opinion that if you do have an issue with the way someone is...tell them...

as opposed to making wishy washy threads that are basically blatent attempts to insult people without risk of getting banned

and i genuinly didn't know about the quote edit...every time i try to change something in the brackets it always ends up messed up...my mistake

agreed jaden

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
That's only an opinion.

but everything i say is true 😠

When i sometimes feel that i might get owned, i come up with sutff about the topic but changing subject on it in a same way. Hard to explain 🙁

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
but everything i say is true 😠

In your opinion.

Worst debating tactics:

1) Assuming religion is Fact

2) Insulting another debator

3) Not listening to what the other debator is actually saying

4) Not being open to the possibility that you may be wrong...