I don't understand your need continually to double down on a losing argument. But I guess there is something in those recesses that compels you to broadcast your insecurities for all to observe.
Let's go through your arguments.
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SL Cabbie Wrote that Lot's Wife is making "herself look dishonest with the following:"
> >Your citation to Roosevelt saying that there is
> no consensus on the Clovis/pre-Clovis debate dated
> to 2001. That was 17 years ago.
That made me look dishonest, Cabbie?
On July 16, 2018 you quoted Elaine Dewar's 2001 "Bones" to the effect that Roosevelt said "There are no authorities. You're going to have to be the authority."
A serious academic would have looked at the footnotes and cited Roosevelt herself, but that would probably have been too much trouble. What matters is that your 2001 book really was a 2001 book; and that truly was 17 years ago.
So there's no dishonesty there.
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SL Cabbie writes:
> See Cabbie produce a link to a 2012 video of Dr.
> Roosevelt speaking to the same subject.
>
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl-uoAWywOE&t=4661> s
Fascinating. You cite a 2012 source now to intimate that you cited it in the previous thread when, as we both know, you did no such thing.
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SL Cabbie writes:
> See Cabbie quote extensively from Stuart Fiedel's
> work that also challenged Monte Verde's
> legitmacy...
You conspicuously haven't done that yet.
But your statement does bring up an important point about Fiedel's work and also about the aforementioned 2012 video of Roosevelt. What point, you ask? That both of them are about Monte Verde, which was not the topic at hand. The topic of the previous thread was Gault, and that of this thread was the linguistic connection to the old world. You appear to be avoiding discussion of subjects about which you know relatively little by pretending we were talking about something you think you know better.
To win an argument--nay, to participate meaningfully in a conversation--you need to address the subjects under discussion and not just throw sand in the air and hope no one notices.
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> See Cabbie get ready to produce a whole lot of
> authentic science information from peer-reviewed
> sources and offer it as reporting of the current
> state of the debate on the origins of the
> ancestors of today's Native Americans.
Well, I confess that your threat has me trembling in my heels. Will the "whole lot" of sources you plan to batter me with be more Youtube videos or dare one hope for an actual peer-reviewed study? Will they be relevant to Gault, the Yeniseian languages, or the pre-Clovis debate?
Or do you intend to stick with Youtube videos and Monte Verde?
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> I give people the right to "do
> their own thinking. . ."
Do you, Cabbie?
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> two "ex-Mormons" I respect
> greatly--actually they're both still on church
> rolls--spoke of how important developing that
> ability was. One is Will Bagley, and the other is
> my old man, the retired rocket scientist)
Appeal to authority.
In this case, to authorities on completely unrelated topics. Could you perhaps refer to Stephen King? I like Stephen King.
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> See Cabbie give geography lessons even though he's
> only a former English teacher... And throw in a
> bit of meteorology as well...
Cabbie's shoulder joints are remarkably flexible.
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> And a moment of silence for "Col. Thomas Kane"; if
> you're somewhat new to RFM, I hope there's an
> old-timer around to tell that story. I had some
> help back then, and I've got some help now as
> well.
Rather than invoking the names of the deceased, you should seek help from the living. Otherwise it's just talismanic chanting
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> Honest, folks, I know we cabbies have real trouble
> with road rage and minding our manners, but I'm
> doing my best to try to stay polite.
Don't put yourself out on my behalf. Truth be told, I am not really trembling in my heels. I have grown inured to your accusations of narcissism and dishonesty and fear your anger no more than your intellect.
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2018 04:47AM by Lot's Wife.