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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Vocabulary as a weapon to subdue conversational "opponents", where every conversation has a "winner" and a "loser"; whether it begins as a debate or not. Vocabulary becomes more important than substance or original thought; it serves to fool the masses into thinking you might actually know what you are talking about.
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You could be describing JP as much as PB. Aw, but JP does know what he's talking about. Right, I forgot that part.
PB is definitely polemic - no doubt, no doubt.
But then you can't be polemic without taking exception to the "common knowledge" of the group, now can you? You see an inflammatory "troll" (what a ridiculous concept in an OT forum - we should all agree and play nice and not raise or debate difficult subjects - what's the point?) - In this thread I see someone laying out some interesting points, which are being engaged by others.