At the dinner, a friend and I were lucky enough to be seated with a couple in the military that had recently moved to New York from Turkey , and an Indian couple that lived in New Jersey. All of us favored different wines; I couldn’ t get enough of A…

My apologies in advance, but this conversation just cries out for this, doesn’t it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8H5263jCGg

No… nothing ever calls for that.  That’s just painful to watch.

No, you belittled me on no grounds and said that my indignation (which is perfectly justified regarding Coca-Cola) was on standards that I apply selectively, thus implying that I am biased against companies and that this means I should be taken less seriously.

You showed no proof that I have previously not applied the standards I brought up in Coca-Cola’s case because that would have indicted something I have a positive bias towards. I said you made a strawman out of me. You said I postured and insulted you for adapting your form of commenting (originally used by the much more competent Daniel Davies) while stating your accusation of hipocrisy was baseless.

In short, you used an unfounded accusation meant to belittle my motives and ethical standards for criticizing Coca-Cola, and when I said you did so you said I made an ad hominem.

"I didn’t accuse you or anyone of hypocrisy"

You said my "perpetual indignancy" (How is this an insult? Is it a mental illness to feel personally upset for the mistreatment of others, to feel sincerely angry with injustices in the world?) was applied "selectively", thus implying I was irrational in my anger and that I was only targetting Coca-Cola because it is a big company.

"namely in assigning to me things I did not say."

I am saying you accused me of not using the standards I held against Coca-Cola against entities that I am biased towards, providing no evidence.

"You may return to your indignation and moral posturing. I will return to mocking it as I see fit."

And your words will neither make me feel undignified nor will I feel I am merely posturing. Your mocking is as ineffective as it is unbecoming of an adult.

I didn’t accuse you or anyone of hypocrisy (I’m sure your indignation is sincere ), was pretty clear about what I did say, and thus the only strawmanning going on is yours, namely in assigning to me things I did not say.

You may return to your indignation and moral posturing. I will return to mocking it as I see fit.

More short Tully: Speechless–too busy ROFLMAO.

Shorter Tully: "I’m too lazy to investigate whether Xel applies the same standards elsewhere. Look at my pretty strawman."