Mr. Eden also went right to the ad hominem, which is unsurprising given that this fallacy is favored by the topically uncreative. Should you be wondering, I was likened to the character of Syndrome from the movie The Incredibles. While I could be flattered in some respects I think I will fixate on my anger instead. Apparently, Michael Eden believes three sentences forming an invitation is actually a monologue. Clearly, he should have read more William Shakespeare or Robert Browning. Moreover, because I do not feel that my efforts to maintain a civil tone will result in a similar response from him I am going to be more hostile. To wit, Michael Eden is an example of what makes our citizens such a joke to the rest of the world. For him Obama is a socialist and socialists are those who never take personal responsibility (http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/what-leftists-are-best-at-socialist-obama-blames-bush-for-all-his-problems-socialist-greece-blames-germany-for-all-its-problems). I am confident that Mr. Eden does not know what a socialist is. Not only does his knowledge of socialism seem absent but his use of this term as an insult indicates his greater ignorance of political theory. Here is a quick test for Mr. Eden: please define the word socialist in 1000 words (of your own making, not simply pasting up the ideas of others) or less, taking note of its historical origins and theoretical underpinnings. Also note those elements of Christian theology that overlap socialist ideology.
Just for Mr. Eden’s benefit, I briefly want to take on the substance of his February 17th post where he tried to compare Greece’s economic problems and the German Chancellor’s comments related thereto to the situation in the U.S. Put simply, this effort is nothing more than a false analogy. Try again, Mr. Eden. I am sure that you, just like your heroes at Fox News, can keep articulating falsehoods until the less critically minded finally accept them. In the meantime, I suggest you better familiarize yourself with the terms you so haphazardly employ.
See, I came from his blog hoping well thought out responses, but, I'm sorry, he uses actual numbers and sources. Not to mention that you seem to automatically take your responses as final, which is disheartening, as from your initial post on his blog I thought you would be more reasonable. Granted, I think he responded to harshly, but I had hoped that at least you would ignore that and give a formal response to his points with equal sources, numbers, and backed-up statements. You, however, seem to take your own opinion as fact, as you showed throughout this post. Your entire argument to him was that he doesn't know what socialism is, worships fox news, and lies until people believe him. The question here is: do you have support for these claims? It's easy to call someone a liar, but the real truth comes out through the evidence. As of now, I think you both are acting a bit childish towards each other, but out of the two of you, at least Eden backs up what he says as opposed to just spewing opinion as fact.
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