Conservatives for Palin: A rich field of study for anyone interested in the practical application of intellectual dishonesty & logical fallacy

I see that Rich Crowther at Conservatives for Palin has written a second “Skinny White Sunday” post which misrepresents me in the guise of congratulating me for my “courage”.

Big whoop. Being complimented on my “courage” means little coming from someone so intellectually dishonest.

‘Nuff said.  I have better things to do with my time than to pay his b.s.  any further mind.

But it occurs to me that Mr. Crowther’s writings, as well as much else at the C4P website, provide excellent examples for anyone who might be studying the use of logic (or rather, its lack) and reason (or rather, its lack) in public discourse. There are lots of good sources on the Internet or elsewhere on logical fallacies — see, for example,

• Logical Fallacies: An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning
• Fallacy (Wikipedia article)
• Dr. Michael C. Labossiere’s piece on logical fallacies (at the Nizkor project)

I invite you to consult any of these resources and see how many logical fallacies you can detect in Mr. Crowther’s article:

• 2/21/2010. “Skinny White Sunday: Profanity Phil Revisited; Updated” by Rich Crowther (Conservatives for Palin).

To locate all his fallacies accurately, you’ll need to refer to his prior “Skinny White Sunday” post & my reponse to it:

1. 2/14/2010.  “Skinny White Sunday: Alaska Palm Pilot Rocks!” by Rich Crowther (Conservatives for Palin).
2. 2/16/2010. “Conservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced” by Melissa S. Green (Henkimaa).

(Additional background posts are listed below.)

For extra credit, do the same for any other of Rich Crowther’s posts.

Have fun!

Background posts: The full conversation in the Alaska progressive blogosphere on civility

• 2/6/2010. “Saradise Lost – Book 4 – Chapter 43 – What a SLUT! – Updated” by Phil Munger  (Progressive Alaska).
• 2/8/2010. “Saradise Lost and Found – Chapter 12 – Saint or Slut? – A New PA Poll” by Phil Munger (Progressive Alaska).
• 2/8/2010. “Progressive bloggers on Palin: Civility versus namecalling” by Melissa S. Green (Henkimaa).
• 2/9/2010. “PA’s Palin Poll – A Critical View by a Close Friend” — crosspost at Progressive Alaska of my post above , but with its own set of comments.
• 2/10/2010. “Blogger Tourettes” by Steve Aufrecht (What Do I Know?)
• 2/10/2010. “PA’s Palin Poll – Another Critical View by Another Close Friend” — crosspost at Progressive Alaska of Steve’s post above , but with its own set of comments.
• 2/11/2010. “Is it possible to reason with Palin’s “Rebiblicans”? by Linda Kellen Biegel (Celtic Diva’s Blue Oasis).
• 2/12/2010. “PA’s Palin Poll – A Thoughtful View by Another Friend” — crosspost at Progressive Alaska of Linda’s post above , but with its own set of comments.
• 2/15/2010. “PA’s Apology to Sarah Palin” by Phil Munger (Progressive Alaska).  Originally titled “PA’s Apology to Sarah Palin on the Eve of Her $$$100K Appearance Before the National Liquor Sellers’ Convention.”
• 2/15/2010. “Progressives, civility, & Palin: Anatomy of an apology” by Melissa S. Green (Henkimaa).
• 2/15/2010. “PA’s Apology to Readers Who Were Offended by PA’s Use of a Controversial Term for the Crazy Woman” by Phil Munger (Progressive Alaska).
• 2/16/2010. “There Can Be Civil Disagreements” by Steve Aufrecht (What Do I Know?)