Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
I disagree. If the other side is routinely coming up with dumb shit, at some point it's better to just close your mind to it than to keep thinking 'oh really? So and so runs a child porn ring out of a pizza joint?'

Sure my side will do some dumb shit and some shit that's corrupt, and they'll get caught. That doesn't mean I should listen to tinfoil hatters who come up with implausible fantasies.
You're strawmanning me here.

I did not say that you should consider what T_D has to say as credible, I said that you should not dismiss things because T_D supports them.

I'm not even saying it's crazy to be a little more skeptical of things that fringe nutsos peddle, but it's a dangerous habit because it forces you into a reactionary mode in which you reject the truth should a nutso happen to espouse it. When you do this, you're allowing fringe nutso's to control your world view. That can't be a good look.