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| − | + | | admit = "'''Admit'''"—Critics claim that apologists only "admit" facts, while critics "disclose the truth." | |
| − | + | |apologist='''Dismissal of apologists' use of new data as simply a desperate ploy'''—When the facts don't stack up in the critics' favor, simply imply that apologists are executing a desperate ploy to try and distract you. | |
| + | | caricature='''Caricature believers' arguments'''—Rather than accurately report and respond to an argument offered by a believer, it is easier to caricature it and mock the straw man version that you have created. | ||
| + | |despair='''Believers are characterized to be in a state of "desperation" or "despair"—Critics wish to make it appear that believers are never on solid ground based upon facts and that any attempt to support their belief is an act of desperation or despair. | ||
| + | |doesn't count='''Doesn't count'': Anti-Mormons like to claim the Church ''never'' or ''rarely'' does something, and then insist that every counter-example doesn't really count (if they mention them at all). This lets them focus on only one side of the story. | ||
| + | | ex-mormon='''Ex-Mormon message board posts do not produce the best evidence'''—Ex-mormon message board posts tend to let their rhetoric obscure facts. | ||
| + | | loaded= '''Loaded language''' —Critics often use negative terms, biased language, or casual terms to make LDS matters seem bizarre, evil, or absurd. | ||
| + | |mocking='''Mocking language'''—The critic uses hyperbole to mock believers. | ||
| repeat = '''Repetition''' —Critics often repeat the same claim again and again, as if repetition improved their argument. Or, they use the same 'shock-quote' multiple times. | | repeat = '''Repetition''' —Critics often repeat the same claim again and again, as if repetition improved their argument. Or, they use the same 'shock-quote' multiple times. | ||
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| shrill='''Shrillness makes you appear silly and inaccurate''' —When critics become shrill, they sacrifice accuracy and begin making silly sarcastic claims. | | shrill='''Shrillness makes you appear silly and inaccurate''' —When critics become shrill, they sacrifice accuracy and begin making silly sarcastic claims. | ||
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|truth='''Critics are "lovers of truth" and "truth seekers," while believers are "desperate" and "liars"—Critics always portray themselves as "truth seekers," and imply that believer are liars. | |truth='''Critics are "lovers of truth" and "truth seekers," while believers are "desperate" and "liars"—Critics always portray themselves as "truth seekers," and imply that believer are liars. | ||
| − | | | + | | warm fuzzies = "'''Warm fuzzies'''"—A mocking term used by critics to describe "feeling the spirit." |
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Revision as of 23:29, 3 May 2012
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