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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Mockery has a long history in debate and politics.
But for those with short memories or tunnel vision there's still this guy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colbert_Report
Of course, for some mockery is only acceptable when the Jester agrees with you. |
2005 is hardly long history.
The use of rhetoric/mockery rather than arguing facts actually goes back much further than that. It was the primary method of arguing in ancient Roman times and certainly goes back to the ancient Greeks. On the other hand, simply bashing someone over the head for disagreeing with you goes back even further. I would imagine that the long, long history of bashing people over the head doesn't mean that it should be considered a good method of settling arguments.