In yet another response to the 50+ Things You Won’t Hear on Talk Radio that’s been posted by a bunch of lefty bloggers all across the Cheddarsphere, our old friend Jessica McBride comes up with this doozy. Using her crack powers of deductive reasoning, Jessica says,
Bill Clinton was, at worst, slightly right of center.
Bill Clinton was incredibly popular.
So, if Bill Clinton was slightly right of center, and he was incredibly popular, the liberals are finally admitting that conservative ideals are incredibly popular with the public, right?
There’s a lot wrong with Jessica’s argument, the most glaring problem being she seems not to understand how basic deductive reasoning works. For most folks, if a=b and a=c, then b=c. But not in Jessica McBride’s reality, iwhere if a=b and a=c, then x=y.
folkbum, illusory tenant, and Whallah! have already done a better job than I of debunking Jessica’s flawed logic, but what I’m left to wonder is how Jessica McBride can continue to teach future journalists if she can’t master basic logic and deductive reasoning. She’s still a lecturer at UWM, which leaves me to ponder the following:
She teaches at UWM.
UWM is a publicly funded school, funded through my tax dollars.
Those are my tax dollars hard at work.
Yikes.
I think I want my money back.
Zach,
You never cease to crack me up.
The Crux
Like I’ve said before, I aim to please!
I think I see the logical flaw in your reasoning. In order for your tax dollars to be “hard at work” wouldn’t Frau Bucher need to be “hard at work” as well?
I think your tax dollars are just phoning it in, Zach. you’re going to need to lean on them a little harder
grumps, you’re right; my logic is flawed.
I guess I’m just hoping she actually works hard, because it’d make me feel a little better knowing my money’s not being completely wasted.
grumps, Zach-
She does work hard. Being that darn foolish doesn’t come easy!
capper, maybe it comes easy for her. Granted, being foolish isn’t easy for me, but it could be for her.