What are the other rules of losing an internet battle? Besides calling somebody HITLER?

[UTUSN]

This wingnut sent me an e-mail refuting my points and cited Bible passages as "proof"-justifications-"reasons".

So I'm going to answer him saying, You lose an argument in (X-number of) ways: 1- By calling somebody HITLER, 2- by quoting the Bible, ....


Any others?

[UTUSN]

1. "Godwin's Law" - wow, I didn't know it acually had a name and real person behind it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law


It cites Rachel MADDOW saying that whenever a Lib is winning an argument he/she is called a Communist.

[UTUSN]

2. Oh, another one is having-the-last-word!1 n/t

[DS1]

3. Being a total cop-out shitbag and saying "Oh, you thought I meant that"

[HopeHoops]

4. Fight fire with fire.

Dig up some fun passages from Leviticus that are completely unrelated to the argument and fling those at him as "proof". When he protests that they aren't relevant, just reply "Hey, they were from the Bible, they are just as much proof of my point as your passages were for your point."

[Rosie1223]

5. "Strawman"

I'm not sure what that exactly means, but it seems to be used frequently.

[UTUSN]

6. Straw man is when somebody, say, NIXON, raises an easy-to-defeat issue or argument that the opponent

never brought up. It makes the NIXON look like he's being forceful, logically superior, WINNING, unless the straw man is too obvious.

[skygazer]

7. Tell them, "I know you are, but what am I?"

That'll stop 'em dead in their tracks. :P

[Akoto]

8. "Links or it didn't happen."

[semillama]

9. This may be specific to DU

But whenever I see someone tell another poster with whom they are arguing that they just put them on ignore (not due to rudeness on the other person's part), I see that as an admission of defeat.

[X_Digger]

10. 'appeal to authority' is another logical fallacy..

quoting the bible or another 'authority' that is not non-biased, competent in the subject, etc..

[Patiod]

11. Another DU-only or message-board only stupidity

*crickets*

which assumes that if you don't IMMEDIATELY post a come-back that your'e either speechless or a troll

not that you actually have a life outside arguing on message boards and had to answer the phone, do work, run out the door to an appointment, chase a misbehaving kid, etc.

[Bertha Venation]

12. I used to play this game while debating with fundies online

http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/bingo.html