Poll: "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say." -Ralph Waldo Emerson RightOrWrong?

 
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-rococo

Submitted Friday, January 21, 2011 - 14:34 by rococo

Category: Howto & Style

Tags:  character ethics  personality 

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Oh, and he was a transcendentalist. And what kind of name is Waldo? I don't think I can
trust anyone named Waldo.

Ralphie was a fan of ad hominem arguments. Ralphie was generally a tiresome fool.

Kindly explain, asshole.

you are a nut!

Critical Annotation: This is an excuse from prejudice to essentially ignore what an
individual says on the basis of who and/or what s/he has been prejudged to be. It speaks
more about the inability to actually listen without bias, that is, without being
distracted by an internal monologue of unwarranted assessments, critiques, and
assassinations of the character of the speaker.

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