[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Buster

Now you're just trolling with your defense of Greenwald and Aslan.

Please tell me you are just trolling.

So facts are trolling? This is not opinion, this is not dreamed up bull#### like you present, these are the credentials these individuals have earned to attain the heights in their professions that they have. You cannot argue with their credentials, which you grossly misquoted (intentionally or not), nor what they have done with those credentials since earning them.

Remind us all what you terminal degree is in, and what great things that you have done with it? I'm certain that you are a recognized scholar of distinction and have a curriculum vitae that will just leave people here blown away by its depth and contributions to the betterment of your field of expertise and the world in general.

I have never seen a well-read, well-reasoned, intelligent person effectively defend Greenwald's and Aslan's behavior towards Harris.

I highly doubt you know anyone or interact with anyone in the real world with any intelligence. So I think your point is moot.

Aslan: two religion degrees, a degree in fiction (creative writing?), and a sociology degree. Hold on. Imma fire up my color printer, and get me some social sciences Phd's too.

Again, please tell us what your terminal degree is in. I'm dying to hear the amazing contributions you've made to your field of choice.

As to Aslan's M.A. in creative writing, it is not uncommon for academics to go on and take classes in writing, and creative writing, to help them create books that are more accissible for the common man. Technical writing takes a special skill set, and so does writing for the masses. My wife did the same thing when she completed her PhD and wanted to reach a broader audience. Was a good decision in the long run and has opened a lot of doors for her in a very competitive marketplace for jobs.

Greenwald isn't a "trusted journalist". He's a hack. He was a hack then. He is a hack now. The Intercept isn't some kind of respected news organization. It's viewed as overtly agenda driven, and is nothing more than a super-blog funded by Pierre Omidyar. He is not taken seriously in the world of real journalists. Given his obvious lying and misrepresentation about Harris's statements (hmmm, where have we seen that before?), I would be highly cautious about siding with him. There are smart people in this thread, who can seen right through all of that nonsense.

You got anything to support this "hack" claim? I mean besides having a bit of a feud with Harris? I should mention than Harris has more than one feud going, and his presentation of opinion sometimes annoy others. As I said earlier, if he would stick to the facts of the science he worked, he would likely have a better position to argue from. But as of right now he's got public feuds going with Greenwald, Werleman, Aslan and Chomsky. Chomsky's is most interesting because Harris released a private series of email exchanges between the two, which is considered a major dick move to most. So Harris, even being a brilliant and articulate individual, still likes to behave like a 12 year old from time-to-time, just to make his point.

I do love that you call an award winning journalist like Greenwald a hack, then follow up with this beauty.

Originally Posted by Buster

An excellent (if long) article on why most of the reasoning behind the opinion that Trump is a racist is faulty.

http://unlockyourbravado.com/2016/07...ets-take-look/

You say that Greenwald has no credibility, because he blogged while he was working as a constitutional lawyer, litigating constitutional law cases, but then you follow it up with a post from a garbage blog. Seriously, how can you take anything from this site seriously when three paragraphs in it says this:

He’s definitely a better candidate than Hot Sauce Hillary

Major credibility hit. Then when you try to find out who the author is, he is not willing to give up his real name. But he goes by the pseudonym of Aedonis Bravo, and reminds his reader that, "Aedonis Bravo is not my real name – yet." Oh, and you follow this clown on twitter at @lordaedonis. Lord Aedonis? Someone has just a bit of an ego problem!

You gotta check out the e-book this guy released as well, and the reviews.

Control Embarassing stuff!

Lets get real for a second. The only reason you liked this dip#### is because he posted the same drivel you did about Trump, arguing semantics on the accuracy of calling Trump a racist, because of the dictionary definition rather than the vernacular use of the term.

You need to look up confirmation bias. You just posted the textbook example of it.

Originally Posted by Buster

Have you read his thesis? It's a glorified opinion article. If this is the type of work which earns you a PhD at UC SB then they most assuredly deserve scoffing.

PhD candidates publish a dissertation, not a thesis. Credibility hit again. Doing so they also have to follow a very rigorous process of vetting their research materials, vetting their method, and proving their work brings value to their field of study. You do not get an opportunity to even begin research until you have proven to your committee that your idea meets all the criteria and expands the body of knowledge of your particular field. But since you obvious have completed your PhD I'm certain this all a basic review for you.

It's also an insult to all of the grad students out there busting their butts moving actual original research and human knowledge forward.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/co..._dissertation/

I guess we know where you get your information from!

Aslam is an authority on nothing.

Authorities on nothing rarely win awards in their field of study, are fellows at prestigious think tanks, get to be visiting professors at schools across the country, or are board or advisory members on improving the field of study for specific institutions.

About the public pissing match between Harris and Aslam [sic]. Lets be abundantly clear here. I do not approve of the rhetoric that goes back-and-forth between Harris and his detractors. I think that when they engage in these public battles they are representing their school and field of study. They should hold themselves to a much higher standard than they do. That goes for both of them. If they want to engage in some mudslinging, do it privately or anonymously on a posting board like this one. But to me they all are acting beneath themselves by engaging in these battles publicly. All parties are to blame and all parties look bad.