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How do you converse with the Jamals of the world?

Posted by Trevor in under other on Jan 16th, 2006 | View Comments |

Question: Is it possible to have a real conversation with someone like Jamal? He used to drop by my blog fairly regularly to complain and disagree, but I haven’t seen him recently. He’s certainly still pushing his viewpoints though:

Pentagon Shuts Soldiers Blogs

Filed under: Media, Politics, Current Affairs, War

I came across this one over at Independant Christian Voice. Ive previously stated I’m Sick of Blogs Written by Soldiers, and that its Impossible To Justify Military Service. Finally, U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan are clamping down on military Web logs, known as milblogs by the hundreds of soldiers overseas keeping Internet journals about the heat, the homesickness and bloodshed of the illegal war they fight.

Jamal almost sometimes has a good point to make, but he’s so full of conspiracy theories and rhetoric he borrowed from other people I find it hard to fathom having a real conversation with him. What about you?

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  • Jamal,

    You're certainly entitled to your opinion. That much we can agree on. You should consider writing an article entitled "I'm Sick of Blogs Written By Radical Mullahs" next.

    They tend to have much more inflammatory opinions than the average soldier.
  • I'll bet I'd get a laugh. I have a few of those myself. You see a whole different side of people when they're hammered.
  • This post was quite an amusing read. I am entitled to my point of view and where I provide supporting evidence, your option is to refute it with evidence or to concede.
  • Remind me to tell you a story about when I used to be a doorman at a bar. You might find it funny.
  • Trying to dissuade a conspiracy theorist is like trying to convince a drunk that ordering a pitcher of beer at last call doesn't mean he gets to stay and drink it.

    Both will know that you're wrong, despite any evidence you provide.
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