Wolf Blitzer - No Straw Men

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July 15th, 2007

Debating on TV

Although I highly regard Lindsey Graham and Jim Webb, their level of debate on today’s Meet the Press is embarrassing.

I prefer Michael Moore vs. Wolf Blitzer:

Or Jon Stewart vs. Tucker Carlson:

Or Rosie vs. Elisabeth:

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Posted by Jonathan Rick in Debating, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Jim Webb, Jon Stewart, Lindsey Graham, Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Tucker Carlson, Wolf Blitzer

Felling straw men says more about the feller than the felle.

If one addresses only the weakest arguments, one betrays the weakness of one’s own arguments.

Scholars, on the other hand, refuse…

“to argue sophistically, to suppress facts or arguments, to misstate the elements of the case, or misrepresent the opposite opinion.”

Scholars “use an intellectual scalpel…

rather than an ideological bludgeon,” to engage honestly and thoroughly with the most forcible criticism.