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We should have a number of discursive rules like this. So the below is number 1. https://twitter.com/SuneAuken/status/1391118674380136448
Discursive rule nr. 2:
Nobody who calls themselves a "free speech advocate/warrior" is willing to accept free speech levelled at themselves.
Nobody who calls themselves a "free speech advocate/warrior" is willing to accept free speech levelled at themselves.
Discursive rule nr. 3:
Everyone who says "oh, you have no idea" presuppose that yes, indeed, the addressee has quite a bit of an idea.
Everyone who says "oh, you have no idea" presuppose that yes, indeed, the addressee has quite a bit of an idea.
New rules as you suggest them or I discover them.
Rule number 4:
A person who tells you to "do your research" has no frickin' clue what research is.
variation on a suggestion by @macfilipe .
A person who tells you to "do your research" has no frickin' clue what research is.
variation on a suggestion by @macfilipe .
Rule number 5:
The statement "with all due respect" is universally followed by a statement lacking even the faintest trace of respect.
Variation on a suggestion by @Ardownie.
The statement "with all due respect" is universally followed by a statement lacking even the faintest trace of respect.
Variation on a suggestion by @Ardownie.
Rule number 6:
Anything following the statement "I'm not one to gossip, but" will be gossip.
Rule suggested by @Brand_92.
Anything following the statement "I'm not one to gossip, but" will be gossip.
Rule suggested by @Brand_92.
Rule number 7
The statement "no editorial required" invariably serves as the introduction to a sermon.
An uptake on a fine suggestion by @AnniHawk
The statement "no editorial required" invariably serves as the introduction to a sermon.
An uptake on a fine suggestion by @AnniHawk
Rule number 8:
The self-descriptor" "I'm brutally honest" is only honest about the brutality not the honesty.
Suggested by @SoupTomatoSoup
The self-descriptor" "I'm brutally honest" is only honest about the brutality not the honesty.
Suggested by @SoupTomatoSoup
Addendum to the above rule. Honesty never requires brutality, but only diplomacy and integrity.
Rule number 9:
In a research paper any use or or variation of the statement "the traditional notion of the topic is ..." will be followed by a strawman so big that a dumb little piggie has already built a house out of it.
In a research paper any use or or variation of the statement "the traditional notion of the topic is ..." will be followed by a strawman so big that a dumb little piggie has already built a house out of it.
Rule number 10:
Anything that is 'Presented without comment', is in fact, a comment.
Verbatim brilliance from twitter grandee @ASElliotKing
Anything that is 'Presented without comment', is in fact, a comment.
Verbatim brilliance from twitter grandee @ASElliotKing
Rule number 11:
"Duely noted" while sounding polite can be levelled as a SFW way of saying "fuck you".
"Duely noted" while sounding polite can be levelled as a SFW way of saying "fuck you".
Rule number 12:
Anyone saying "it goes without saying" will immediately say it demonstrating in the process that it doesn't go without saying.
A variation of a fine suggestion by @DarrenCaudle.
Anyone saying "it goes without saying" will immediately say it demonstrating in the process that it doesn't go without saying.
A variation of a fine suggestion by @DarrenCaudle.
Rule number 13:
Whatever follows the statement "basically ..." will complicate matters to the point of exasperation.
Suggested by @AmosDuveen
Whatever follows the statement "basically ..." will complicate matters to the point of exasperation.
Suggested by @AmosDuveen
Rule number 14:
"Any construction containing the words "let me be clear" will be an obfuscation."
@AmosDuveen is on a roll.
"Any construction containing the words "let me be clear" will be an obfuscation."
@AmosDuveen is on a roll.
Rule number 15:
If the words "I'm sorry" are followed by any other word than "that", the person is annoyed, not sorry.
I had forgotten that one. Thank you to @morageyrie for reminding me.
If the words "I'm sorry" are followed by any other word than "that", the person is annoyed, not sorry.
I had forgotten that one. Thank you to @morageyrie for reminding me.
Rule number 16:
If you are not racist, you don't need to say "I'm not racist, but". Also, if you are not racist you don't make racist statements, so you don't need the "but" either.
On a suggestion by @maytree1.
If you are not racist, you don't need to say "I'm not racist, but". Also, if you are not racist you don't make racist statements, so you don't need the "but" either.
On a suggestion by @maytree1.
