Pen-Elayne on the Web

Master Debaters

Atrios discusses what he terms the four types of wingnut debate tools, which I found can also be pretty easily applied to many online arguments in general by removing his specific examples and the word "conservative." He and his readers also supply Ambrose Bierce-like definitions (link bloggered, it went up about five minutes ago), some of which are fairly in-jokey unless you're one of the blognoscenti. Speaking of which, for those keeping track, Atrios and Donald Luskin have issued a joint statement.