tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387837261213229289.post3279438016567940731..comments2023-03-25T07:04:42.899-07:00Comments on Skeptimus Prime: God needs to take a speech class.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04470392187213526525noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387837261213229289.post-24736428955151372312011-01-11T18:46:25.671-08:002011-01-11T18:46:25.671-08:00I remember a certain type of misdirection argument...I remember a certain type of misdirection argument we were taught in my debate class. It was affectionately referred to as the "And then everybody DIES!" argument by our teacher. Called such because one of his students ended his version by yelling that. How he won debates I do not know...<br /><br />It goes like this (using her argument as an example). <br /><br />A bunch of birds fell to the ground and died in Arkansas.<br /><br />Clearly this was because God is displeased with us.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because gay people are bad.<br />Bill Clinton is from Arkansas and he passed DADT. <br />DADT was repealed and a bunch of birds died. <br />DADT has to do with gay people...who God doesn't like. <br /><br />God hates us! EVERYBODY IS GOING TO DIE!<br /><br /><br />It involves connected a set of unconnected facts together into a terrible set of circumstances...and it, sadly, works in debates.<br />I sat in on a debate once where someone managed to connect The Soviet Union, E.T. (the alien, not the movie), Nuclear waste and 3 mile island, into an argument. Her team won...Sakasama_No_Chouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507221265424253967noreply@blogger.com