Re: Dispelling the "Man the Mighty Hunter" Myth

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>   Perhaps "like other human supremacists from the Anti camp...." you
>   can't resist trying to stick your opponents into neat little
>   negative categories so you can (to use one of jonnie's favorite
>   terms) marginalize them.  Try dealing with Mason as an individual,
>   not some stereotype you think he fits.

Bingo. It's the Rush Limbaugh tactic . . . create a word or phrase that
neatly categorizes the negative elements of a particular group and keep
using that word or phrase over and over again until it sticks. It's handy
for people like Rush who lack the ability to counter the evidence with
intelligent responses - whenever someone disagrees with him, they get
dismissed as a "liberal". It's the same here, as you have pointed out. Don't
like a point of view? Well he must be a "leftist", or "liberal", or
"luddite", or "vegan" or . . . you get the drift.

Unfortunately, these people lack the emotional intelligence to carry on a
civil discussion, which is why wasting time trying to be reasonable with
them is not an intelligent use of one's time.