"And it's stange that Alex claims to be a conservative, but I don't think so, unless this is the kind of faux-conservatism David Weigel recently discussed. In other words, it's not. Just more of the same morally relative post-modern radicalism that increasingly informs the mainstream of the Democrat Party left."
Yeah, Alex Knepper says he's a conservative, and he's written for Breitbart's Big Hollywood, Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller, and David Frum's FrumForum, but no true conservative would ever lust after kids the way Alex Knepper did, so he's obviously a secret Democrat. (And they say Knepper's rationalizing? Yeesh...)
Dr Douglas ought to be ashamed to put this kinda logic free tripe out there... but of course, he isn't. There is nothing Donald Douglas won't say or do to avoid experiencing cognitive dissonance in his life, no matter what. There is no such thing as a conservative pedophile, even if Donald has to shut his eyes tight, stick his fingers in his ears, and sing "lalalallalalalalalalalalalalaaaaa" at the top of his lungs until everyone stops talking about it... or until he can convince himself that his one time friend Alex Knepper is really a liberal Democrat.
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If he lusted after an animal then that would have been acceptable conservative behavior.
Reppy, love the "No True Scotsman" thing. Don't believe I'm familiar with that internet tradition. I'm afraid, based on recent commentage here, that you may be opening a can of worms by using it, though.
Hell, I thought it was news when a conservative didn't have two wetsuits and a dildo in their closet or at least a few diapers. Even we are not as nihilist as these guys.
The synchronicity with recent events was appealing, but the name of the fallacy of thinkin' is real, (though there is some debate as to which Scot example gives it it's name; No (True) Scot puts honey on his oatmeal, or No (True) Scot could be a rapist and murderer.
Given the events at hand, I'm going with the latter. (which honestly, is the way I heard it initially. I even blogged about it before, here.)
I'm certain that Donald won't be the only conservative to deny Alex Knepper's conservative politics, given these revelations about his personal life, either... I wouldn't even be surprised if it became the go to excuse.
the wiki;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
A simpler rendition would be:
Teacher: All Scotsmen enjoy haggis.
Student: My uncle is a Scotsman, and he doesn't like haggis!
Teacher: Well, all true Scotsmen like haggis.
When the statement "all A are B" is qualified like this to exclude those A which are not B, this is a form of begging the question; the conclusion is assumed by the definition of "true A".
An example of a political application of the fallacy would be in asserting that "no democracy starts a war", then distinguishing between mature or "true" democracies, which never start wars, and "emerging democracies", which may start them.
See also
* Cognitive dissonance
* Equivocation
* Euphemism
* Loaded language
* Persuasive definition
* Reification (fallacy)
Someone wasn't paying attention in ethics 101
Pale Scot, I like the wiki link. Apparently the US is an emerging democracy. Hard to believe after all this time.
And Reppy, I can't believe there's anyone who puts anything but brown sugar on their oatmeal. Heathens!
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