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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFL0wKmsC0 Thomas Smith vs Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) Debate Mythcon 2017] - video

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== Christian commentary on the Thomas Smith vs. Carl Benjamin exchange ==

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The [[Christian apologetics]] blog ''My Apologetics'' wrote about the Thomas Smith vs. Carl Benjamin exchange at the Mythcon 2017 Conference:

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{{Cquote|The art of debate has now been replaced with the art of the snarky retort....

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At the heart of Sargon’s sense of injustice was the attempt to have him de-Platformed. At the heart of Thomas’s outrage was his absolute disgust of Sargon, The only thing clearer than their hatred for each other’s ideological positions was how much they clearly detested each other. At times the referee had to step in to stop the two men from their endless bickering. It was soul destroying to watch two adults acting like spoilt children crying over who pulled whose pigtail. “You are bad”, “No, you are bad” is not an argument. It is white noise. So bad was the contempt for each other, that the bickering even started up again during the Q&A sessions. (Several times). If this was brightest and best of the intellectual YouTubers then the bar was set very low indeed. Only the referee had sense enough to bring the ugly street brawlers back to caring what the audience wanted. ie: Answering their questions.

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So bad was the contempt for each other that they even started bickering during the Q&A sessions. (Several times). If this is brightest and best of the intellectual YouTubers then the bar is set very low indeed. Only the referee had sense enough to bring the ugly street brawlers back to caring what the audience wanted. ie: Answer the questions....

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The farce climaxed when Thomas Smith declared that his time was up and promptly left the stage. Sargon looked both stunned and delighted by the cowardly retreat and was left to answer further questions alone. Poor Thomas, letting outrage get the better of him may prove to be [[Meme]] fuel.<ref>[https://myapologetics.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/the-thomas-smith-vs-sargon-of-akkad-debate-was-a-total-waste-of-time/ The Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate was a Total Waste of Time]</ref>}}

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