You have used my thread as an example of civil discourse, but outside that thread you come on with a full blown attack on my intelligence and integrity. Not that I give a rat's ass what you think, but get real. People can read any of the threads. Link to them all. I don't care. But get help. You have some severe anger issues.
Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
Severe anger issues?
Au contraire!
Did you forget that it was the
second FairTax thread that I held up as an example of how to debate a topic in a civil manner? In the first of those long threads, you launched right into attack mode, calling my posts "stupid" at every turn, and all the while demonstrating beyond a shadow of doubt that you had no clue what you were talking about. And at that time, of course, I had said nothing that was in any manner insulting to you.
As for an attack on your "integrity," you dug that hole for yourself. When you must have realized it was obvious to everyone that you were getting your ass handed to you in embarrassingly and overwhelmingly decisive fashion, you popped off with that ridiculous claim that you had taught university-level economics. I almost couldn't stop laughing! Anyone who had ever even taken an undergrad econ class could easily have seen how ridiculous that was, since you were completely unfamiliar with concepts that have been taught to every introductory economics student for generations. Behavior consisting of insults coupled with obviously bogus claims of achievement and credentials is the hallmark of a sad, insecure little man.
Perhaps sadder still is the fact that you have such a closed mind and an unwillingness to try to learn about topics with which you're not familiar. Most of us know quite a bit about a couple of things, somewhat less about a few others, and much less about a range of others. Economics and taxation are obviously subjects that you don't know very much about.
Just as with everything else, there are topics that I don't know as much about as I'd like. History, for instance. I'd like to learn a lot more about it, and have begun compiling a reading list. A number of people in this forum undoubtedly know history a great deal better than I do. When I'm skeptical of a statement on that subject, I might ask a specific question, or challenge the author to offer a reasoned argument supporting it -- or perhaps a link. But I sure as hell wouldn't just start peppering him with continuous posts saying how "stupid" he sounds, while continually demonstrating my own lack of knowledge. That would just make me look like an utter fool, wouldn't it?
So, when I discuss a subject with someone vastly more familiar with it than I am, I come to the table to read and learn. That's how you grow, in my opinion.
But I realize that some people are here just because they get a kick out of trollish behavior and insult-spewing.
You act just like Sheldon sometimes.