tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023482402423762474.post1496364881457464514..comments2023-10-31T14:07:04.482+00:00Comments on Conservative Swede: Auster's exit from the big threadConservative Swedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10307427516065904295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023482402423762474.post-91914645443220360582008-10-15T19:20:00.000+00:002008-10-15T19:20:00.000+00:00Would have like to have been part of this exchange...Would have like to have been part of this exchange. I have experienced Auster's hypersensitivity and blatant mischaracterizations myself. I just can't imagine Auster ever turning into a team-player - he's certainly no consensus builder. That said, he does have moments of great lucidity and can be nice to correspond with if treated with kid gloves.<BR/><BR/>MackMisterThorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567844465272580638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023482402423762474.post-91539453366723830812008-08-05T04:35:00.000+00:002008-08-05T04:35:00.000+00:00It's nice to see this issue get a good airing. Div...It's nice to see this issue get a good airing. Divisiveness in the counter-jihad movement will prove lethal unless certain highly disruptive individuals are outed for their persistent "unhelpfulness".<BR/><BR/>After some prolonged consideration, I have decided that what irked me most over Auster's slagging off about my comment is that—without devoting much effort to engage the actual content of my somewhat thorough analysis—he effectively invoked <A HREF="http://killfile.org/~tskirvin/faqs/godwin.html" REL="nofollow">Godwin's Law</A> and trivialized the entire thread by doing so.<BR/><BR/>As the linked FAQ page notes:<BR/><BR/><I>If someone brings up Nazis in any conversation that has been going on too long for one of the parties, it can be used as a fair excuse to end the thread and declare victory for the other side.</I><BR/><BR/>By doing this so early in the thread, Auster increased the chances of people who were wandering through just as easily deciding that the discussion had already stalled out. I would also say that a degree of insincerity was displayed in the willingness to immediately presume the very worst about someone instead of investigating before making such an assumption.<BR/><BR/>I could just as easily be offended by how Auster refused several attempts upon my part to re-engage on the topic. However, my actions were strictly out of courtesy to Baron Bodissey and the spirit that Gates of Vienna operates in. <BR/><BR/>I could personally give a rip about someone so readily offended that they abandoned what was a valuable opportunity to gain strong exposure. A genuine lack of rational thought was demonstrated and that usually suffices for me.Zensterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004871212603603831noreply@blogger.com