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I think you missed my point when you state, "She was not asked to provide more backing for her posts than anyone else here "

I actually wrote " I'm not sure I'd agree with 3rdcolumn's point that we demand a higher degree of proof from right wingers, we do display an impatience with them that amounts to the same thing."

My bold, you may have missed the negative. I was making a point that our impatience with right wing views makes reasoned discourse difficult as we are seen as too combative. Maybe that's splitting hairs, but ...

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:32:00 AM EST
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My impatience -- since it's my impatience that was specifically pointed to by 3rdColumn -- arose from trying, in a reasonable way, to get her to discuss the background of her diaries, and having her shuffle it off (not always with the greatest politeness).

Though I see the point as ceebs puts it below: when we are already familiar with arguments and evidence, we may challenge them less, and this may appear to newcomers as a form of bias.

Honest question: how to avoid this?

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:00:25 AM EST
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The knowledge base (ETpedia) wiki would be a tool that would make it easy to see what has already been discussed and to what extent, even enabling a focused challenge to our conventional wisdom. As it is, it's mostly an institutional memory carried by long-time members, and it can look like enforcement of orthodoxy.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:03:11 AM EST
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Exactly

"It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:25:19 AM EST
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