[lbo-talk] Advertisings effects (was Death of Dean)

[Michael Dawson]

What was the point of your post?  You defended Carrol's usual dismissal of
the idea that "saying the truth effectively is in itself of any good."  You
tried to do so by using Carrol's status as an "academic" as your substantive
argument.

Not only is this ridiculous, especially on Doug Henwood's bulletin board,
but I myself assure you that my own academic credentials are at least as
good as Carrol's or yours.

You doubt students' ability to draw good conclusions from a straightforward
presentation of simple truth-tellers like Chomsky.  You implied that, in
your experience, your students can't do that.

I said that's not my experience, and implied that you're a bad teacher.

What did I miss?


> Your reply above is a perfect example of why I'm skeptical
> of Chomsky's "get the facts out there" argument: you completely
> missed the point of my post!  For whatever reason, you intentionally
> or unintentionally misconstrued a pretty obvious argument based
> on logic and evidence.
>
> Thanks for helping me illustrate my point here.
>
> Miles