You are too kind but I thank you nonetheless for your compliment and your star. If those were all you had to give and gave them freely, then I consider them a valuable gift.

“You can write all that but still not explain why I’m wrong about Sanders wanting to dismantle the military, nor can anyone else. I’ll just go ahead and assume I’m right then.”

“Being apolitical is different from being unbiased. I agree 100% Tyler usually fairly apolitical in that he does not talk about politics a whole lot. However, his unbiasedness when he does talk about politics is yet to be determined. I think we can all agree that Gawker as a whole is liberal. Which is why I am…

“If I’m wrong, then the burden of proof is on the person who’s claiming otherwise to provide contrary information.”

“It was a political hit piece.”

Well, while we’re “knit picking”...

Carson is up there to say amusing things which aren’t offensive. The half-a-brain thing was gold. He’s not going to get far but he is a pleasant presence. I’d take him over Rand. Because Rand is crazy.

I don’t fully agree with your general point but it was a well-stated and thought-provoking rebuttal, and I do agree with many of your supporting arguments. Thus I have starred it (and there was much rejoicing - yay!).

Oh, my, yes. I would read that in an instant, regardless of the party. Put ‘em all in the Tyler’s hotseat, I say.

“No, its the fact that we all know Hillary more than likely won’t get the same treatment from Gawker.”

“Numbers still matter. You can have all the wiz bang cool shit you want but at the end of the day you still need numbers. 350 - 500 to be a little more precise.”

evilfacelessturtle: “Sorry but the burden of proof is on YOU for making the claims about him.”

“But that wasn’t even my real point; my point was that I worry the Dem debates won’t even have enough discussion about the military to fill an article like this, mostly because those candidates (and their base) don’t seem to care about the military very much, beyond how much money they can cut out of it.”

Your equivocation that the issue at hand is the lack of expertise by politicians on both sides, thus your objection to the tone of the title is both frail and illogical. The GOP debate happened. Tyler examined the claims therein which he found largely wrong. He wrote an analysis of these largely wrong statements and…

Indeed.

Pretty much the same here. I technically started with Ye Olde Mailing Lists and chatrooms but I really dug in with Usenet. Total nerd admission: My faves were Star Wars, D&D, and movies (where I witnessed the birth of IMDb, he said and stroked his hipster beard). And Star Trek, where the nerdfight over SW vs ST was a…

“The best form of trolling is...”

Simple plots =/= bad movie.

“Yes, what’s now called “trolling” includes what some on Usenet would have insisted on calling “flame baiting” — and also includes harrassing, being a jerk etc. In common usage, the term doesn’t connote any subtlety or wit.

“Oh wait, I forgot. You’re not an adult, and you don’t understand adult things. My bad.” said the person whose writing style and argumentative tone would be normal coming from a 15-year old.