On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 9:08:25 AM UTC-5, Ben Holmes wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 18:33:38 -0700 (PDT), John Burroughs
> <
stets...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 1:21:10 PM UTC-4, Scrum Drum wrote:
> >> On Friday, November 5, 2021 at 9:21:34 PM UTC-4,
healyd...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> > On Friday, November 5, 2021 at 4:52:06 PM UTC-7, Bud wrote:
> >> The members of this site aid Parker and his quitting and running when the evidence that refutes him demands answers...
> >
> > As a long time old Lurker, I would like to provide a couple
> > observations I have made that I find distracting and unproductive.
> > The following applies to several posters In no particular order:
> >
> > 1. Calling each other names other than their user name. I'm never
> > sure who the comment is directed towards, plus it's very juvenile and
> > off putting. Who is Huckster and other names for example.
> Indeed, I'd be the first to agree. And *NOT A SINGLE TIME* have I
> ever referred to someone other than their posted name as long as they
> offered me the same courtesy.
I'm calling BS on that. You took a post where I responded to someone else, and made an allusion to that conspiracy theorist's "phenomenal" detective ability, and called him Holmes. You then pretended I didn't even know who I was responding to, and when I explained I meant it as "Sherlock Holmes", and not a reference to you. you then pretended I was calling you Sherlock, instead of Ben, and started calling me Huckster.
You couldn't bait me into calling you anything but your real name, so you used a pretext to start calling me by other than my real name.
>
> But play with my real name just a single time, and you are forever
> locked into whatever I want to call you.
Except that's untrue.
>
> I've made this crystal clear on a number of occasions. Huckster was
> one of the very few posters here for the LOOOONGEST time who was
> courteous, and received my courtesy in return... until finally even he
> slipped.
Nope, you simply called me a liar and a coward for the LOOOONGEST time and I never responded in kind. Then you got tired of waiting for me to call you names, you simply used a pretext to start calling me Huckster.
>
> Holding just one side to courtesy is silly, and hopefully you're not
> doing that. Time will tell...
The only side that's been courteous here is my side.
> > 2. Tired beyond belief reading about the throat dissection or lack
> > there of. Talk about beating a dead horse.
> Ah! So *YOU* don't mind people lying about the evidence... that puts
> you firmly in the believer category.
Ben's calling you a Warren Commission believer, since you had the temerity to disagree with one of his points.
>
> Critics are only interested in the truth, where-ever it may lead. Your
> lack of interest in outright lies about the evidence show that you're
> a believer at heart... no matter what else you may claim.
> > 3. DLF and other variations What the hell is that? talk about a
> > cop out. Very evasive and shows a lack of ability to rationally
> > respond.
> It's LFD... "Logical Fallacy Deleted."
Left for Dead, as in you have no response and your point is DOA.
>
> I generally try to be open, and indicate where I've deleted content. I
> feel that this is the courteous thing to do. But most believer here
> have gotten to the point where litterally EVERTHING in response to a
> post is a logical fallacy... hence the abbreviation.
Except of course, that's simply more BS. I write long, documented responses, quoting the evidence, citing links to the evidence, and pointing out not only that you or Lane (or both) ignored contrary evidence, you or Lane (or both) took quotes out of context or are ignoring reasonable conclusions. I also go to the trouble of pointing out your logical fallacies. You delete almost everything I write and respond with LFD, which of course is wholly inadequate.
You don't respond with anything better because you can't respond with anything better.
>
> Again, you seem to have no problem with Huckster, Chuckles, and others
> whining about logical fallacies, then proceeding to use them virtually
> non-stop.
Hilarious. You have yet to point out, name, and argue for one logical fallacy on my part. I find numerous ad homimems, attempts to shift the burden of proof, and begged questions in your posts, and point out each one.
> > 4. Whole threads devoted to a Mark Lane observation. Lane did
> > groundbreaking research but he is hardly the final word or the entire
> > encapsulation of an issue. What else you got?
> The facts. The evidence.
You have no facts, no evidence. Neither did Mark Lane or any other conspiracy advocate. Look at my responses to your Mark Lane series. In nearly every case, you simply deleted my points and either changed the subject or simply called me names.
>
> That's all I need.
>
> They haven't changed much in over 50 years... we've just learned more,
> is all.
>
> But facts PUBLICLY KNOWN that very first day on 11/22/63 still haven't
> been explained by believers... so you're going to keep facing those
> facts & evidence.
If you disagree with Ben even once, you're a believer!
>
> And why do you ask what someone else has? Aren't you capable of
> stating what you believe happened, and supporting it with citation to
> the evidence?
Aren't you?
>
> In this forum, only critics have done that (with one or two rare
> exceptions - none of whom currently post)
Hilarious. Ben wants me to regurgitate the Warren Commission report and their conclusions (except for the parts I disagree with, which in some cases I've already pointed out to him).
>
> So the question - right back at ya... is what do *YOU* got?
CTs got nothing. Ben, he's on your side.
> > 5. Tired beyond belief about Prayerwoman. Until a better image is
> > available, Oswald is the most logical person out front watching the
> > presidential parade. Tired of Scrum Drum never showing any actual
> > real "evidence" tired of just supposition and innuendo. Parker
> > shreds him to pieces with facts and evidence.
> Paying any attention to trolls, and you'll have to "get tired." I
> personally have no interest in speculation. I deal with solid
> evidence and facts.
Could have fooled me. All you ever cite is excerpts from Lane's RTJ, and you seldom even try to defend those when I point out the issues. You simply declare the contrary evidence "Out of Bounds" because Lane didn't mention it, so you pretend I can't mention it either. Or you simply delete and LFD everything.
> You can argue until you're blue that a fuzzy
> photo shows this person, or that person, but what you CANNOT argue
> with is that the FBI stated contradictory "facts" about the origin of
> the paper in the "papersack" (as merely one example)
One is signed, one is not. One is the WC volumes of evidence, one is not. One is legitimate, one is not.
Guess which one I'm going with?
>
> Or that anyone who claims the prosectors dissected the track of the
> bullet, or the neck wound isn't an outright liar.
>
> Facts like those.
>
> Speculation is a game best played by trolls.
> > Of course, you can tell me to stuff it, I lean CT, but must confess
> > The LNers here make better cases than those at the assassination or
> > education forum. Just thought I'd pass along some thoughts.
> This is a SOLID red flag that you're lying. But that's okay... more
> believers who cannot defend their faith are always welcome.
Ben's painted you into a corner, you either have to declare outright allegiance to everything Ben says, or be forever branded a WC "believer", even if, like me, you reached your conclusions independent of the Warren Commission conclusions, and even disagree with their conclusions in some instances.
>
> Who knows, perhaps someday someone can stump me with evidence that
> supports their side and cannot be refuted...
Something that you'll accept, you mean. Since you don't accept anything that disagrees with your beliefs, of course those conditions with never be met. But that doesn't mean reasonable people cannot agree. It means you're unreasonable.
> >Thanks I enjoy the robust debate and jousting!
> Sadly, you won't see it here... believers are all, to a single person,
> liars and cowards. At least, in this forum.
And there's the ad hominem and begged question. No logic or evidence can penetrate Ben's force field.
>
> While it's possible to be an honest believer in the WCR, it's not
> possible to be an honest AND KNOWLEDGEABLE believer in the WCR.
More begged questions and ad hominem.
>
> Your level of knowledge is yet to be determined, but to my trained
> eye, you're a liar.
You had to know Ben was spooling up for this. I saw it coming with your first post.
>
> Feel free to prove me wrong.
And there's the shift of the burden of proof. Ben doesn't have to prove his pronouncements correct, that's a given (to him, of course). Everyone else has to prove Ben wrong.
Welcome to the "Believers"!