Mo: "So you tacitly concede that "debate" was allowed on the FAIRboards; your beef is with "intellectual honesty" -- please support your "assertion" with argumentation. "
***Which assertion with argumentation are you referring to? That the "Fair board" was/is an apologist board and not a true debate board. I mentioned previously, the fact that they stated in their rules they were not "fair" to participants warrants what I'm arguing. They were honest, that they would not accept all comments, fairly. True debate can not exist, where there are restrictions which purposefully favor one side. If there are restrictions by moderation favoring one side, it becomes an apologist board for the favored side.
Mo: "And thanks for the mind reading (or, at the very least, fortune-telling) that Tal would have been dogpiled if he continued posting. Is this another "assertion" because I see no argument, no evidence, no analysis. Give me a break. "
***I spent 2 months participating there. I mentioned I'm basing what I say on reading that board as well as personal experience. I don't fault the moderators or owners of the board, they were honest in their rules. But critics are/were not free to be outspoken, and many critics are/were harassed off the board.
Mo-watcher: I never once claimed that Tal's arguments were sound or flawed. I never said if I enjoyed his posts or despised them. I simply noted my observation that he failed to engage rebutalls to his arguments. I find his comments, therefore, to Dan Peterson (in this thread) ironic.
***Right and I mentioned to you, a reason why someone who is a critic might not respond further on that board, for good justifiable reason. On this board participants such as DCP are free to argue their position, nothing is holding them back.
Tal's main criticism in the thread on "epistemology" to DCP was that he wasn't participating on point. He was not giving any argument and/or expressing where he stood on the issue brought up. Tal's criticism to DCP is on point. Your comment was off point to the issue in the thread.