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Comment author: hairyfigment 13 July 2015 07:37:09PM -2 points [-]

Here's another comment for Eugine Nier to downvote: you are talking about a political issue and asserting by definition that politicians like Inhofe are not politicians. The real world doesn't enter into it. You are spouting the most shameful tribalist garbage.

Comment author: Jiro 13 July 2015 08:47:01PM 0 points [-]

"The politician" doesn't mean that I am making the statement about every single politician in the world.

Comment author: hairyfigment 13 July 2015 09:22:40PM -1 points [-]

No indeed, your No True Scotsman fallacy is over here. Though as I keep saying, the more fundamental problem is that you haven't shown anyone has the personal interest in question. And you try to hide this by talking as if the government were an agent, in violation of what should be conservative insights. I think I'm done with this.