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I was going to put this under "Statists say the darndest things" thread but I think it's a little too long. A week or so ago a friend of mine asked me to reply to a comment he received on Facebook regarding a meme criticizing the Federal Reserve. Normally I avoid Facebook discussions like the plague, but my buddy (who I have recently gotten interested in logic/sophistry) suggested that I respond by looking at the guy's logical fallacies. I figured what the heck, I could consider it practice and at least try to get some useful sources out to whoever would be reading it. Anyway, I figured I would post it here for a.) everyone's amusement and b.) criticism of my logical analysis at the end. It all starts with this meme: To which our Statist in question makes the original comment: My initial reply: Did I sound reasonable? I sure thought I sounded reasonable. Here's the sophisticated response I got from Mr. Statist: Before I answered this well-rounded, polite, and rational post, I just wanted to check: Statist response: My response: Statist: Oooookay. If you want some facts, I guess I'll just feed you yours. I took a few days to ruminate on it and to make sure I calmed down a bit before dissecting his initial response to me, but here's what I came up with: To which I received no response. Ah well. Maybe I got someone to look into sophistry or the sources I linked. -Dylan