Not a problem at all. If somebody invokes some named example of lazy, sloppy, fallacious thinking, as you did, I point it out, as I just have, in fact. The only problem here is that some people don't seem to know that they're doing it and keep doing it. That's sad.
It is, isn't it, Shaker. I'll keep praying that you manage to break the habit
Sorry, Shaker, I obviously misled you. I was actually referring to your comment "If somebody invokes some named example of lazy, sloppy, fallacious thinking, ... , I point it out". You seem to think that I do this, whilst not appreciating that your post does exactly that.
The habit of pointing out when people are invoking fallacies? No, that's a habit I'd rather keep; in the long run the credulous, the superstitious and the plain old hard of thinking might finally catch up and we'd all have a higher level of discussion.
Well, I look forward to seeing you catch up, but it may well take some time if your posts are anything to go by.
I can multitask, and am quite happy in either capacity. On the whole I tend to reply in kind, so that if somebody expresses themselves well and demonstrates themselves to be obviously capable of an intelligent and thoughtful discussion, they can expect the same from me.
The constant assertion merchants and consistent fallacy peddlers on the other hand hand are just chew toys suitable for five minutes' amusement now and again.
You seem to forget that you fit into the category yourself, Shaker. Others here don't seem to dismiss you in quite the same way.