Sunday, May 02, 2004

Rubberdove?

The Blogosphere seems to be searching for an answer to the term "chickenhawk" to apply to jerks like Micah Wright. Captain's Quarters uses "rubberdove." I don't find it quite symmetrical or sufficiently clear to express the hypocrisy of those who use the first epithet, which is not so much a logical argument as an appeal to fallacy suggesting that the listener should ignore, rather than think about the opposing view. It's a simple ad hominem attack, but one that seems to carry emotional weight. Of course, if it were valid, nobody who had never been in the service could ever advocate war, no matter how just it might be.

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