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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 5985999" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p>Hmmmm...You'll have to elaborate further as it seems we're missing each other or something is very much lost in translation here. I thought I was very clear in both editorial and deconstruction of the tautology you created by way of Reductio ad Absurdem. What may help is some clarificaton on your end. </p><p> </p><p>Could you tell me what:</p><p> </p><p>A) Your precise point is (my take on it below, again)?</p><p>B) What you think my precise point is/was (answer below, again) and how I did or did not illustrate it?</p><p>C) How my "intended point" somehow actually "supports" your position?</p><p> </p><p>Argument via rhetoical reduction to lowest terms/common elements in order to dismiss something as "simple", "common", "trite", "shallow" or "without distinction" is a very common one. It also happens to be one of the more easy ones to deconstruct and illustrate how patently false it is as it is almost universally a contrived, tautological construct: </p><p> </p><p>- Item 1 (whatever it may be) has depth, complexity and distinction by way of various meaningful elements.</p><p>- Reduce Item 1 by several of its meaningful elements that provide depth, complexity and distinction.</p><p>- Items without depth, complexity and distinction are shallow, simple and without distinction.</p><p>- Item 1 is now shallow, simple, and without distinction.</p><p> </p><p>The post that I've quoted (the entirety of it) does not explain your position in some way that provides insight into what I may be off on...it is basically just an explanation of the inner workings of your mind as you compose the contrived tautological construct. Could you please clarify how the above is not what you have done and answer the three questions that I've posed (with focused specificity)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 5985999, member: 6696971"] Hmmmm...You'll have to elaborate further as it seems we're missing each other or something is very much lost in translation here. I thought I was very clear in both editorial and deconstruction of the tautology you created by way of Reductio ad Absurdem. What may help is some clarificaton on your end. Could you tell me what: A) Your precise point is (my take on it below, again)? B) What you think my precise point is/was (answer below, again) and how I did or did not illustrate it? C) How my "intended point" somehow actually "supports" your position? Argument via rhetoical reduction to lowest terms/common elements in order to dismiss something as "simple", "common", "trite", "shallow" or "without distinction" is a very common one. It also happens to be one of the more easy ones to deconstruct and illustrate how patently false it is as it is almost universally a contrived, tautological construct: - Item 1 (whatever it may be) has depth, complexity and distinction by way of various meaningful elements. - Reduce Item 1 by several of its meaningful elements that provide depth, complexity and distinction. - Items without depth, complexity and distinction are shallow, simple and without distinction. - Item 1 is now shallow, simple, and without distinction. The post that I've quoted (the entirety of it) does not explain your position in some way that provides insight into what I may be off on...it is basically just an explanation of the inner workings of your mind as you compose the contrived tautological construct. Could you please clarify how the above is not what you have done and answer the three questions that I've posed (with focused specificity)? [/QUOTE]
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