Conversational Cheap Shots, or How to Strategically Manage Your Conversations
I recently found re-posted this old article on Conversational Cheap Shots, or How to Strategically Manage Your Conversations.
An excerpt:
It is hoped that exposing these tactics will help muzzle the growing abuse in our conversational landscape. …
First, we have the Ad Hominem Variants where you attack the person as a way to avoid truth, science, or logic which might otherwise prove you wrong. Next are the Sleight of Mind Fallacies, which act as “mental magic” to make sure the unwanted subject disappears. Then, we move on to Delay Tactics, which are subtle means to buy time when put on the spot. Then, the ever popular Question as Opportunity ploys, where any question can be deftly averted. Finally, we have the General Cheap-Shot Tactics and Irritants, which are basically “below the belt” punches.
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I don’t understand how anyone can even be aware of what constitutes a “cheap shot” when the landscape at Ryze is littered with all measures of insults. I was shown the door there and, despite repeated attempts to learn why, was provided nothing more than their standard templates saying I “violated their terms of service.” I am not sure I have seen more than a dozen people on their so-called political networks who haven’t done that. Further, after asking for contact with “CEO” Adrian Scott, I was banned witrh no warning and never given that audience. That is hardly the mark of a professional outfit. I would recommend that instead of doing things on the cheap, that major business networks either leave the monitoring to their moderators, or employ sufficient resources to actually get to the bottom of most “flame wars” and see where the real trouble ORIGINATES. It would certainly not at my doorstep.
Dave Hamilton
Comment by Dave Hamilton — 8/4/2004 @ 05:25