And Greyice, what part of "we use Derangement Sydnrome not as real mental illness, but simply as a figure of speech for holding really bizarre and silly ideas about a polticial figure out of pure hate" don't you understand?
Nice backpedaling after post 12
. However, it doesn't really matter if you use it as a real medical diagnosis (which you give the strong impression of doing, whether you are aware of it or not) or merely as an insult, because
it's detrimental to the debate.
I hate to sound like I'm on a high horse here, mostly because I've long been guilty of this myself, but I'm growing increasingly tired of labels such as 'ethnocentric', 'racist', 'fundie', 'Bush Derangement Syndrome', 'woo-woo', 'mentally ill', 'homophobic', 'anti-American', and so on
ad infinitum. They indicate a lack of respect of your fellow debater and a superiority of some kind over him or her, generalize, and create hostility.
It has become the tradition in many circles to simply throw a label on the opposing party and use that label as a weapon whenever said party speaks, and I'm getting fed up with it. Don't like what your political opponent has to say on immigration? Just tell him how he's wrong. Skip the 'racist' tag. Skip the other insults. Just cut to the chase, act your age, and state your mind.
I went through that type of stuff in 2000 on the old iwon boards with the BDS folk. Honestly I'd rather read timecube.
