There's a YouTube video called, "Mocked Meteorologist Gets Last Laugh - Piers Corbyn Wins Again!" Hideous five year old, one-sided contrived nonsense, republished last year. I don't have the time or interest to get into that one. But, I did leave a YouTube comment, which in turn has lead to quite the lengthy dialogue with a lawyer defending the contrarian party-line. Not that she's claimed to be a lawyer, but I'm calling her lawyer because of the character and substance of her grilling, er questions. Reminded me of the prosecutor focused on conviction: "Yes, no, shut up. No details! I didn't ask you that, shut-up. And don't you dare question the validity of my questions or you're in contempt."
I mean 60 comments long and eleven hundred words all told. I've thought about using it for another post, but I have way too many other projects piling up. My last comment however describes the way I see her tactics. Since it's a summation of another text book contrarian tactic, I'm using it as the basis for this post.
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Dear Contrarian Lawyer,
It would be one thing if I thought you were an innocent just learning about this stuff, but obviously that's not the case. I think you are very aware of your game of lawyerly manipulation of questions - probably got high marks on the collegiate debating squad. Too bad you don't appreciate that's gamesmanship. It has nothing to do with honest curiosity and learning about how things function!
Your "acceptable info window" keeps shrinking. All intended to shield you from important and real down to Earth observations and understanding.
You are playing a debate game - intend on winning the moment and nothing else. Your approach offers no chance for learning - and in fact, I fear learning is your enemy.
