Difference between revisions of "Template:Antispeak"

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| admit = "'''Admit'''"—Critics claim that apologists only "admit" facts, while critics "disclose the truth."
 
| 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.
 
|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.
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|beg the question='''Begging the question''': Critics will often assume what they are trying to prove in how they frame questions or describe issues.
 
| 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.
 
| 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.
 
|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.

Revision as of 12:47, 4 May 2012

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