(03-17-2020 09:54 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-17-2020 09:07 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-16-2020 02:23 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Never heard of an opinion piece?

Well, Ham, when the initial point was that the article didn't have merit because of the background of the publication, then yeah, the background of the author certainly is relevant.
Did you miss that very obvious connection to the response?
The summary of this back-and-forth is: Owl#s responded "So, a leftwing rag hates Trump. No news there." so I pointed out the author isn't leftwing. If someone/an organizations political bent doesn't matter to the meaning/weight of their articles, then why did Owl#s start off pointing out The Atlantic's political bent?
And very regularly the experience/position/organization a person identifies with does matter with respect to how meaningful their opinion is. Are you actually trying to argue that it doesn't? Or do you just want to try and pick a meaningless fight?
If it ends this stupid back and forth, sorry for pointing out to Owl#s that the author of article in the liberal rag isn't a liberal. My mistake!

He is a never-Trumper republican, probably a neocon given his background. He found a left-wing rag that would publish anything critical of Trump, from whatever source. And note that I didn't say liberal rag, I said left-wing rag. There is a difference. Like Milton Friedman, I consider myself a liberal in the classical sense, but nowhere near a left-winger. So if you are going to quote or paraphrase me, plus try to do so accurately in the future.

Sorry, but I can't help but chuckle a bit. I obviously quoted you correctly when I used quotes and immediately followed it up (see bold). But sorry for not following that throughout the document. In my defense, I was 2 for 3 in describing what you said, but I'll try and be more careful going forward.