Author Archives: Stentor

Us vs Them and the Ad Hominem Defense

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Stentor

I mentioned this in a comment to Amp’s post about the “ad hominem defense,” but then I decided it was worth a full post. An ad homiem defense is when a liberal rattles off their lefty credentials in response to … Continue reading →

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Blaming Bush for Natural Disasters

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Stentor

John McGrath makes an offhand remark citing Hurricane Katrina as evidence that Bush’s climate change policies have led to disaster (analogous to the way his WMD policy led to the disaster in Iraq). I agree that Bush’s policies on climate … Continue reading →

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Guest Blogger #2

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Stentor

Hi there. This is Stentor Danielson, best known on the web as the author of debitage, the top Google result for both “utilitarian view of homosexuality” and “deontological view of homosexuality.” I’m a heterosexual white middle-class non-disabled cissexual unitarian male. … Continue reading →

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