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Sargon of Akkad destroys Thomas Smith at Mythcon

Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:49 am
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:49 am
I have never heard of Thomas Smith, and apparently I don't need to since he may be the worst arguer I've ever heard. But this guy has a feud online going on with Sargon and (stupidly) agreed to debate him. I've been driving around listening to it, and this is an eviseration on the levels of Sam Harris vs Cenk Ugyur.

I'm about 25 minutes in and figured the board would love it. Enjoy: LINK
Posted by el Gaucho
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:08 pm to
I bet that guy couldn't take Rennis Rinke
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:11 pm to
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You made me necessary


That was a brilliant line.
Posted by ScottFowler
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:11 pm to


Entertaining, but sad. Almost felt bad for the guy.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:19 pm to
I'm only about 6 mins in and this reminds me of the Cenk/Shapiro debate. Sargon is debating Smith while Smith is playing to the crowd.
Posted by Centinel
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:25 pm to
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I bet that guy couldn't take Rennis Rinke



There are few who can baw. Very few.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:29 pm to
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I'm only about 6 mins in and this reminds me of the Cenk/Shapiro debate. Sargon is debating Smith while Smith is playing to the crowd.


It took half the debate for Cenk to turn on the audience. Less than 2 minutes here. Absolute amateur hour.
Posted by indianswim
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:37 pm to
20 minutes in. This Thomas Smith guy is panicking. This is fantastic.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:38 pm to
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It took half the debate for Cenk to turn on the audience. Less than 2 minutes here. Absolute amateur hour.


I love how he called them all pathetic and an embarrassment. It was ok for him to play to them, but now that they're not all on his side, they're horrible. It's leftist ideology in a nutshell.
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:38 pm to
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I've been driving around listening to it,


You've missed a shitload of tells from the interviewer (Smith). He starts off confident but as the debate goes on he begins plucking at his hipster beard and goes in and out of being fidgetty.

The deflections to berate the audience while he gathers his thoughts are even more obvious when watching.

Meanwhile, Sargon is calm, cool and collected. When he called Smith a "white supremacist with a guilty conscious" and the discussion of Affirmative Action you could literally see Smith's philosophical walls shoot up to protect him from seeing the ridiculousness of his beliefs.
Posted by teke184
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:40 pm to
Huh. Usually most people who disagree with Sargon just try to deny him a platform.

And this guy thought debating him would be a good idea.


Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:48 pm to
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You've missed a shitload of tells from the interviewer (Smith). He starts off confident but as the debate goes on he begins plucking at his hipster beard and goes in and out of being fidgetty.

The deflections to berate the audience while he gathers his thoughts are even more obvious when watching.

Yeah, he also intermittently sinks back into his chair as if he's pouting and ignores Sargon's responses.
Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:54 pm to
Thomas Smith was terrible. Sargon might be good but that's not a good measure when compared to Mr. Smith the feminist.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 12:56 pm to
Posted by indianswim
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:00 pm to
I can't stop listening to this.

Sargon has this guy so twisted up.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:09 pm to
It's beautiful
Posted by GRTiger
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:16 pm to
That was terrible to listen to. Nearly impossible to follow with a bunch of personal attacks, gotchas, and no flow.

It was like a live video argument taken from the poliboard.
Posted by Hester Carries
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:20 pm to
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When he called Smith a "white supremacist


That was beautiful. Smith to this day doesnt understand how Sargon came to that conclusion. If you assume that equal playing field results in white men winning....you are a white supremacist. fricking beautiful.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:29 pm to
"It is known, Khalisisi."

Posted by Bard
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 1:36 pm to
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Yeah, he also intermittently sinks back into his chair as if he's pouting and ignores Sargon's responses.


To the end he's the personification of pouty, the big payoff is when he gets up and leaves before the Q&A is over.
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