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| | #A lack of originality and a predominance of copying and imitating | | #A lack of originality and a predominance of copying and imitating |
| | #Like to use the phrase "Silence Speaks Volumes" <ref> | | #Like to use the phrase "Silence Speaks Volumes" <ref> |
| − | *[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/us/28vigil.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/U/Urbina,%20Ian New York Times - When silence speak volume - example] | + | *[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/us/28vigil.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/U/Urbina,%20Ian New York Times - When silence speak volumes - example] |
| − | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volume], Huffington Post | + | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volumes], Huffington Post |
| − | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volume]</ref> | + | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volumes]</ref> |
| | #Call something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like [[global warming]] | | #Call something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like [[global warming]] |
| | #Respond with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence | | #Respond with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence |
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| | #Using non sequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that. | | #Using non sequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that. |
| | #Draw an analogy between opponents and racists, no matter how illogical | | #Draw an analogy between opponents and racists, no matter how illogical |
| − | #Deleting a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread. | + | #Deleting a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread.<ref>Examples can be found right here at Conservapedia, such as [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:SamHB&curid=133755&diff=1207427&oldid=1207426 this one].</ref> |
| | '''Economics''' | | '''Economics''' |
| | #Support of greater [[nanny state|bureaucratic control]] rather than more [[competition]] to address problems | | #Support of greater [[nanny state|bureaucratic control]] rather than more [[competition]] to address problems |