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Dr0neRec0very 4 points ago +10 / -6

"I just did." <--- This irrational ploy is called argument from incredulity. That's two, now:

-Argument from ignorance (absence of evidence is evidence)

-Argument from incredulity.

Not so rational. Not so "great".

"So that means that Barr is not a swamp creature," Our suspicions about what happens behind closed doors has absolutely no rational connection to what really happens behind closed doors. You're told what you need to hear, because you have no "need to know". If either of us had that kind of clearance, we wouldn't be discussing it here. No one important who might be in this forum provides information without authorization, unless they're breaking the law. The public (especially the VOTING public) is told what they need to be told and that's not necessarily the straight story. Anything else is coming from your collective imagination.

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fponick 2 points ago +2 / -0

Rational in a way some people may not like, but absolutely true.

It’s hard to stop suspicions from feeling like facts and building an argument for there.

But no matter how you try to play it, false premises plus perfect reasoning produce false conclusions! ⚖️

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TwistedSister -3 points ago +2 / -5

Evidence unevenly applied isn't evidence. It's just simply emotional pablum.

It either applies to all or none...simple science.

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Dr0neRec0very 3 points ago +9 / -6

lol You have no evidence. You have only a shiny two-day-old account. These discussions of "evidence" in internet forums are just fucking silly. You have no evidence. You will never have evidence. If you had evidence, you would be unable to present that evidence in a meaningful way. If you somehow managed to present alleged "evidence" in a meaningful way, you would only be presenting that evidence to a powerless court of public opinion that makes no fucking difference at all.

"Simple" observation.

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TwistedSister -1 points ago +1 / -2

In other words, I want to apply my measuring stick to only this one situation and this situation only, and I'm going to cry and have a hissy fit if you try to apply my measuring stick to any other situation, well, just because I'm an emotional wreck and can't handle logic.

Comey said the same thing about Hillary: There's no evidence of intent of malevolence, so we can't charge her.

Sounds like you'd agree with him.

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Dr0neRec0very 2 points ago +6 / -4

"In other words, I want to apply my measuring stick..." ¯|(ツ)/¯ Be aware of the value of your deductions (or any person's deductions) about things that occur above our pay-grade: it's zero.

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TwistedSister -2 points ago +1 / -3

You do know you have the emotional maturity of a child, right?

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Dr0neRec0very 1 point ago +4 / -3

You do know there are only two genders, right?