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Recursion

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4. Err... except for the specific factual rebuttals that make up the entire post?
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:34 PM
Jan 2013
http://www.finemrespice.com/node/122

Guns are more prevalent and significantly easier to legally acquire than the study's author claimed, as shown here.
Claim something is flawed but provide no examples, just say it's flawed. Fools will buy that. Scuba Jan 2013 #1
Err... except for the specific factual rebuttals that make up the entire post? Recursion Jan 2013 #4
There's a whole bunch of claims at the link, none of which refute the claim that .... Scuba Jan 2013 #19
If facts matter, a link was provided in the OP to Harvard School of Public Health article AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #22
I neither agree nor disagree with the statement that ... Scuba Jan 2013 #25
The statement is true: DanTex Jan 2013 #32
If facts matter, read the detailed analysis and open letter found with the links. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #5
LOL. "Shown to be flawed" by a right-wing blogger. DanTex Jan 2013 #2
If facts matter, on what basis do you claim that a Swiss citizen is "a right-wing blogger"? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #6
Just because some right-wing blogger claims the "facts" are on his side, doesn't make it so... DanTex Jan 2013 #8
If facts matter, on what basis do you claim that a Swiss citizen is "a right-wing blogger"? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #9
The blog you linked to seems to be from a right-wing American. DanTex Jan 2013 #11
The blogger *quotes the published facts* that the study author misrepresented Recursion Jan 2013 #13
Yeah, and the blogger thinks her own interpretation of the statistics is fair and balanced, DanTex Jan 2013 #21
You have not shown at this or any other time that the blogger is a "right-wing blogger." AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #24
Sorry, but "leftism/statism" are right-wing buzzwords, as much as you would like to deny it. DanTex Jan 2013 #29
You have not shown at this or any other time that the blogger is a "right-wing blogger." AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #34
Yes I have. DanTex Jan 2013 #37
No. Only in your imagination. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #38
On what factual basis do you say the blog "seems to be from a right-wing American"? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #33
A blogger is not a "right-wing blogger" when they post that they are in favor of AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #16
Umm... people who "express a dislike for leftism-statism" are right-wingers. DanTex Jan 2013 #23
There are no facts to support your statment that "there are going to be fifty anonymous blog entries AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #31
Well her blog tells you how she feels about them Recursion Jan 2013 #7
Yes. He can't even get the blogger's gender right. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #10
Well, the blog has two authors, one of whom is a woman and one of whom refuses to state Recursion Jan 2013 #17
Sorry, she... DanTex Jan 2013 #12
Sure, plenty of people Recursion Jan 2013 #15
You must have a lot of right-wing friends... DanTex Jan 2013 #27
My friends are a mix, politically. It's part of living in DC. Recursion Jan 2013 #30
Yup, the blogger is a libertarian nutcase. DanTex Jan 2013 #36
What about sticking with the facts instead of engaging in name calling? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #35
As pointed out by Scuba above, the blogger doesn't actually seem to dispute the central facts. DanTex Jan 2013 #39
"ivory tower intellectuals" = more name calling AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #40
You are still ignoring the facts. Your blogger friend doesn't actually dispute the study. DanTex Jan 2013 #41
Found any of the "fifty anonymous" bloggers that you say exist (#23)? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #42
LOL. I'll take that as an admission that your OP is false. DanTex Jan 2013 #43
You're as illogical as ever. Your posts certainly show that you're an expert as changing the subject AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #44
Pretty thin gruel there, Dan. I think she summed up your attack pretty well. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #18
So you got her gender right this time. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #20
If the Swiss author of the Dec 2012 article and open letter used sarcasm or otherwise AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #28
"poisoning the well" Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #45
"Here in Switzerland we resent being pressed into forced labor in the salt mines... Recursion Jan 2013 #3
Facts don't matter...we all know guns kill people. ileus Jan 2013 #14
Quelle surprise! guardian Jan 2013 #26
Trained eyes recognize rightwing cretinism jimmy the one Jan 2013 #46
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