# Analogies banned in GD

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**Created:** [November 20, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd/705192 "2014-11-20T20:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-banned-in-gd/705192/28 "2014-11-21T03:01:38Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> I dunno, maybe it’s not such a bad idea to ask people to bring their A-game to Great Debates.
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> Debate is a time-honored thing. I mean real debate, not slapping other people with half-truths or outright lies or stuff you pull out of your a–. I mean your assumptions. I’d like to think we hold people to a higher standard, that you go into the forum ready to discuss and even argue ideas and beliefs with a sincere desire to really tackle these issues and not just jerk other people around with low-rate junk.
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> Or are we asking too much?

Well:

> [@"Some marriages between consenting adults should be recognized, but not others"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-marriages-between-consenting-adults-should-be-recognized-but-not-others/704988/131):
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> “If you don’t know anything about an issue, just make something up, and argue as if it were true.”
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> Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Republican party platform in action.

You tell me.

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