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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 12:17 AM
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Are we allowed to call 'no true Scotsman' when we see it in threads?
Or does that qualify as calling out another DUer?
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 06:44 AM
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1. It's allowed, just do so at your own risk.
I think I know which thread you're talking about and I decided to spare myself the headache this time around.

I'm going to be gone all day, take some excedrin before going in (or something stronger if you have it):



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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-21-08 08:42 AM
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2. 'Calling out' is starting a new thread, just to criticise another DUer
and you're not meant to do that. The idea is to talk directly to them, in the thread where they say whatever you disagree with - so they can defend themselves, and so we don't get a proliferation of threads all talking about the same argument. There's nothing wrong with saying someone's post is a 'no true Scotsman' fallacy - we can criticise each other's posts.
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