# Respond to this Anti-Obama Gun Freak

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-this-anti-obama-gun-freak/472687
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-this-anti-obama-gun-freak/472687 "2008-11-14T09:05:34Z")
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### Author: ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-this-anti-obama-gun-freak/472687/40 "2008-11-15T15:22:39Z")

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> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
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> I used a compilation of your responses. Hope you don’t mind, but I wasn’t feeling smart enough.

Did you admit that that you were repeating other’s arguments, or did you pretend they were your own?

There are, roughly speaking, two kinds of internet debaters:  
One kind argues and debates becasue they enjoy the intellectual process. They understand that losing a debate is a good thing, as it makes you go and look facts up, find better arguments, or maybe even consider the possibility that the other guy has a good point.

The other kind enjoys the visceral thrill of attacking someone, and the security blanket of repeating their own unquestioned beliefs. They think the purpose of a debate is to win.  
You’re in the second group, and it’s not a group any adult should be proud to be in.

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