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There's a difference between negligence, and criminal negligence. If we've established that the government is criminally negligent you shouldn't be looking at me for the burden of proof. If you don't think a case for criminal negligence is there, you need to re-examine the evidence. What I am not going to do however, is waste a bunch of my free time debating ad-nauseum with people who have more interest vested in their peace of mind, than the truth. I spent almost 2 years doing just that. And no amount of evidence presented no matter how validated or persuasive it is will not sway individuals like that.
I'll put it like this, if you have a problem with any of the questions I'm asking, you have a problem with the victims familes, because they are the exact same questions they are still asking, and no one is listening, except the 'crazies'. |
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Denialism: the employment of rhetorical tactics to give the appearance of argument or legitimate debate, when in actuality there is none. These false arguments are used when one has few or no facts to support one's viewpoint against a scientific consensus or against overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They are effective in distracting from actual useful debate using emotionally appealing, but ultimately empty and illogical assertions.
Examples of common topics in which Denialists employ their tactics include: Creationism/Intelligent Design, Global Warming Denialism, Holocaust Denial, HIV/AIDS Denialism, 9/11 conspiracies, tobacco carcinogenecity denialism (the first organized corporate campaign), anti-vaccination/mercury autism denialism and anti-animal testing/animal rights extremist denialism. Denialism spans the ideological spectrum, and is about tactics rather than politics or partisanship.
We believe there are five simple guidelines for identifying denialist arguments. Most denialist arguments will incorporate more than one of the following tactics: Conspiracy, Selectivity, False Experts, Impossible Expectations/Moving Goalposts, and Argument from Metaphor/violations of informal logic. |
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