If you have any strong opinion at all, there will be people waiting in the wings to parse what you have to say, split hairs, use rhetorical fallacies like straw men against you, and otherwise mangle the meaning of what you were really saying.
Because of a recent ton of spam and weird insulting comments from a brand-new poster, I'm putting in comment moderation for a bit. I'm planning to do comment moderation "Ms. Kitty Style," as in, with a very light touch and kicking only off-topic and unreasonably insulting posts.
If he managed to be a criminal defense attorney without anyone excoriating him for it, he's luckier than most.
ReplyDeleteIf you have any strong opinion at all, there will be people waiting in the wings to parse what you have to say, split hairs, use rhetorical fallacies like straw men against you, and otherwise mangle the meaning of what you were really saying.
ReplyDelete((( If he managed to be a criminal defense attorney without anyone excoriating him for it, he's luckier than most.)))
ReplyDeleteWell, he was Edward Bennett Williams.