Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
Wow , you don't only need a history lesson you need a geography lesson too
Tribesman, instead of engaging in pointless argumentum ad hominem* and insulting your opponent by saying he needs lessons, why don't you stop beating around the bush and just give him the lesson he needs?

If you really have evidence, your point will be proven better by giving the evidence, rather than weighing down the discussion with insults.

* is a debating tactic, really a logical fallacy, in which one debater (1), rather than answering his opponent's argument, simply insults the debater (2) personally (get an education, you're a retard, etc.) instead of addressing his (2) arguments. By doing this, he (1) hopes to devalue his opponent's (2) argument by calling his (2) intelligence into question.

In short, it proves nothing and is certainly no credit to your viewpoint.

I don't mean to be preachy; it's just that I've encountered a LOT of this in debates. I've talked to so many guys who can't answer my argument, so they just dismiss me as stupid because they don't know what to say.

So Tribesman you can get much farther simply by giving your evidence.