tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post2851793003117072679..comments2024-01-30T03:30:45.740-05:00Comments on Bad Data, Bad!: On Scotsman, feminists, and logical fallaciesbs kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-52142385085144561272012-12-27T19:19:19.948-05:002012-12-27T19:19:19.948-05:00I wasn't specifically thinking of politics whe...I wasn't specifically thinking of politics when I wrote this post, but your comment reminded me of the running debate I've had with several people over how much media figures speak for political parties.<br /><br />Are statements by Rush Limbaugh valid Republican beliefs? Glenn Beck? I think more people take them as Republican doctrine than say, Rachel Maddow or Jon Stewart's words are taken as reflective of Dem beliefs, but it's an interesting question. bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-41966180354608038432012-12-26T21:36:41.594-05:002012-12-26T21:36:41.594-05:00I have done a great deal of defending groups I bel...I have done a great deal of defending groups I belong to along these lines, but I also have some guilt.<br /><br />I make accusations about groups only when I have some combination of leaders/important figures/a large percentage of the group making statements or engaging in actions that justify a particular interpretation. Even then, I am likely to qualify or temper my comments. Professional advocates are, after all, paid to be outrageous and function as lightning rods - I only half-mind that. But when the rank-and-fail starts drifting into their rhetoric, I am more likely to be irritating myself.<br /><br />I doubt those who disagree with me think I hold back half enough.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com