Halfway through, I was about to reach for the upvote button for the Defense against the Dark Arts post with an excellent summary of dishonest rhetorical tricks everyone needs to know how to guard against.
Then I was about to reach for the downvote button once it started advocating embracing the Dark Arts and employing any dishonest rhetorical tricks that look in the short term like they might further the author’s favorite cause.
But I find myself bookmarking the illustrated version of the list for use next time I want to refer someone to a clear introduction to this stuff. And it doesn’t feel quite right to downvote a post that provided me with something worth bookmarking. So I’ll abstain from voting on this one.
Every group needs a token “evil” teammate], if only so that Dark methods are at least given consideration rather than rejected out of hand. I think it’s a role we should all endorse from time to time, our little inner Slitherin
This is a hard one to judge.
Halfway through, I was about to reach for the upvote button for the Defense against the Dark Arts post with an excellent summary of dishonest rhetorical tricks everyone needs to know how to guard against.
Then I was about to reach for the downvote button once it started advocating embracing the Dark Arts and employing any dishonest rhetorical tricks that look in the short term like they might further the author’s favorite cause.
But I find myself bookmarking the illustrated version of the list for use next time I want to refer someone to a clear introduction to this stuff. And it doesn’t feel quite right to downvote a post that provided me with something worth bookmarking. So I’ll abstain from voting on this one.
Every group needs a token “evil” teammate], if only so that Dark methods are at least given consideration rather than rejected out of hand. I think it’s a role we should all endorse from time to time, our little inner Slitherin