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If we're talking about the validity of Barone's post, then, we're mainly talking about the validity of Haidt's article (with emphasis on those two paragraphs) plus Barone's additional parting shot. | If we're talking about the validity of Barone's post, then, we're mainly talking about the validity of Haidt's article (with emphasis on those two paragraphs) plus Barone's additional parting shot. | ||
===Haidt: introduction=== | ===Haidt: introduction=== | ||
| − | From a rational perspective, this is a truly awful piece of writing. I count at least eight [[straw men]], two [[appeals to guilt]], three counts of [[demonizing]], four unsupported claims, and five counts of what I can only think of as "shell gaming". | + | From a rational perspective, this is a truly awful piece of writing. I count at least eight [[straw men]], two [[appeals to guilt]], three counts of [[demonizing]] (albeit subtle), four unsupported claims, and five counts of what I can only think of as "shell gaming". |
As a piece of neoconservative propaganda, it is splendid; the bit of science Haidt throws in as a doorstop to let his emotional pleas through is just icing on the cake. | As a piece of neoconservative propaganda, it is splendid; the bit of science Haidt throws in as a doorstop to let his emotional pleas through is just icing on the cake. | ||