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Some political positions are so self-contradictory that the more they are asserted and the more attention they get, the less presuasive they become.
“Anyone Who Says There Aren’t Going to Be Cost Overruns Is Fooling Themselves.” « PubliCola 2010
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The three prerequisites for presuasive rhetoric in his opinion were: perceived intelligence, a virtuous character or credibiltiy and good will.
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Virtual representation wasn’t very persuasive when the British advanced it in the debate before the Revolutionary War and it isn’t very presuasive now.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Race-Conscious Districting: Needed and Costly 2009
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Virtual representation wasn’t very persuasive when the British advanced it in the debate before the Revolutionary War and it isn’t very presuasive now.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Race-Conscious Districting: Needed and Costly 2009
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