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Old 09-14-2007, 04:38 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by BYU71 View Post
Fine, what is so hard about saying you outright disagree with someone's policies. Why does there have to be an element of calling someone a liar and or stupid. Is it that your arguments are so poor that to back them up you need the other person to be a liar and stupid.
I agree that calling names is poor form. Most political debates are poor form. But who wants to have good manners?

I must ask however, what distinction you make between calling someone stupid and saying that they have poor values? Are both not insults?
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