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Liberals attacking Alabamian's IQs
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/26/subsidized-not-too-bright-whats-the-matter-with-alabama/ ^

Posted on 01/26/2012 8:17:00 PM PST by ladymac

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To: grey_whiskers
Incidentally -- regarding your response to the prior poster...no such things are proved as you asserted.

Ah, I am trying to figure out which things you think I asserted, so we can be addressing the same points.

One assertion was that the original poster was trying to manipulate the FR system into "putting her 'friend' into her place,". Her words proved that -- I just restated them. Her approach of using FR associations to humiliate someone didn't seem to me to be a very high motive for her post. Is this the assertion you mean?

Did I miss making it clear that I was taking no position on the merits for or against her beloved home state? Not making an assertion there, but from a neutral position suggesting an avenue for her, I asked the question:

"Can you prove that Alabama culture is not inferior to, say, Massachusetts or California? If so, go to it!"

If she could, she would then have the answer to her predicament (without asking an FR participant from, say, Massachusetts, to help her (smile)).

You overstated the living sh*t out of your case, dude.
Instead of
prove you should have said may indicate.

I certainly was not stating any case or making any assertion with that question. To think so would be reading something between the lines that is not there. In this, "prove" or "indicate" are irrelevant. To this, I don't see how your logic exercise applies.

But one assertion I was intending is that intelligence, education, and social maturity are correlated to speaking clearly, readily, and effectively. My initial response was that the originator, as an Alabaman, was in effect by her approach tending to support the conclusions of her opposition rather than vice versa! (A reader may have the perception that inarticulateness may indicate a lesser intelligence and or education level)

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Appreciate your posts to this, but could I please ask you to tell me what you assume I was asserting that you thought I overstated??

41 posted on 01/28/2012 11:53:07 AM PST by imardmd1 (cogito ergo sum)
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