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Being a compendium of rhetorical dirty tricks<\/a> that people use to unfairly win arguments. Good stuff.<\/p>\n

(via Eventually Clever<\/a>, who inspired the quiet rant below)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a compendium of rhetorical dirty tricks that people use to unfairly win arguments. Good stuff. 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