Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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7. Another example: Follow the money trail....

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 01:30 PM

Jul 2016

Uttered by everyone who wants to reduce complex discussions to the level of secular Bible-quoting. Hardly anyone used that God forsaken expression before Watergate. Now it is thrown out there by anyone who wants a short-cut to know-it-all status. What a crock of economic determinism. May as well go home and watch Gilligan's reruns.

EDIT: I didn't know this use of mind-numbing use of cliche had a label. I have noted the phenomenon over the years, and esp. now, and termed it Conversation Killer, or Conversation Stopper, or ford-chevie (an example of the caliber of talk that ensues). Thought-terminating sounds so clinical.

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"NRA talking point(s)" is a thought-terminating cliché: [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 OP

So when the term "controllers" is used by some here when referring guillaumeb Jul 2016 #1

No, because it accurately describes their goal(s), whereas "NRA talking point(s)" is used... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #2

So if I use the term NRA-type talking points would that avoid the dreaded label? guillaumeb Jul 2016 #3

No, because it would still be an attempt to circumvent critical thought, either in the mind... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #4

"NRA talking point(s)" is also a genetic fallacy, as it attacks the purported source... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #5

A fallacy in your response: guillaumeb Jul 2016 #6

I must demur here, as your last line was not quite what you said originally. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #8

Oh, I agree there is no guarantee. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #11

Another example: Follow the money trail.... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #7

'Thought-terminating cliché' is concise, pithy, and a great response to those who use them friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #9

I kind of like the ring of TTC. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #10

I've always said ... Straw Man Jul 2016 #12