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They use Question Begging Epithets -
intrusive
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questions, emotionally loaded words, controversial
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phrases, dyslogistic language (conveying censure),
or
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eulogistic (complimentary) language. They're
also
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coming from another direction - 3rd
Party Interference!
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"Did you buy
it new?"
—Doesn't matter.
—You don't need anything.
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"The honeymoon is over."
—Anything else?
—Who's the master – the
machine or the man?
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"Whose rude
child is that at the end of the table?"
—What nerve.
—Are you the woman I bit at the last
full moon?
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"How much rent
do you pay?"
—Don't worry.
—You don't even have to be there ...
Never buy horses!
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They're like 7th Street Operators,
rattling off one
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chummy thing after another. It's all glib
posturing,
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and It's all about you - See how one-sided
it is?
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Whatever they sling at you, sling something
back!
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"Run, Toto!"
[Mickey Mouse voice]
"What's your name?"
—Getting sophisticated.
—It's just another friend –
Which one?
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"What's your first name? ...
your middle name?"
—So foolish.
—Hydrogen ... H.
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"What is that smell? –
What's your last name?"
—Very common.
—One ugly thing after another –
Hydrogen.
You must be Helium.
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"What's her name?"
[Your daughter's]
—Wicked, huh?
—Same thing.
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