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Ipse dixits are a component of all political arguments.
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Perseus, if I said that the idea that blacks are not sub-human, and you said I was trafficking in ipse dixits and tautologies, I think most observers would look at you quite poorly, because you were at the very least concern trolling for bigots and more likely lobbing criticisms while being unwilling to come out and express your own bigotry publicly.
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Perseus, if I said that the idea that blacks are not sub-human, and you said I was trafficking in ipse dixits and tautologies, I think most observers would look at you quite poorly, because you were at the very least concern trolling for bigots and more likely lobbing criticisms while being unwilling to come out and express your own bigotry publicly.
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I encourage all to watch the video and come to your own conclusions, instead of relying on declaratory ipse dixits that she has “the better judicial temperament” — a view not shared by many who have appeared before her.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor and Roberts on the Bench Together: 2009
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Do you really think ipse dixits are a convincing substitute for responding to what I said?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Candidate Obama, President Obama: 2009
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Perseus, if I said that the idea that blacks are not sub-human, and you said I was trafficking in ipse dixits and tautologies, I think most observers would look at you quite poorly, because you were at the very least concern trolling for bigots and more likely lobbing criticisms while being unwilling to come out and express your own bigotry publicly.
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I agree he cannot be against all ipse dixits, i.e. against all premises, qua premises.
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The pro-life side calls lots of things “facts” that are in fact either misuses of scientific theory (i.e., claims about when a pregnancy starts) or value-laden claims expressed in factual language (i.e., ipse dixits that because a zygote has the DNA of a human person, that it is a rights-bearing individual).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interesting Cert Petition in Anti-Abortion Picketing Case 2009
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Occasionally, he also gets criticisms, even bitter criticism, perhaps stemming in part from what appears to be a reflexive conservatism and defense of the status quo, coupled with a habit of issuing ipse dixits, pronounciamentos, ex cathedra statements, call them what you will, that more liberal persons think totally without basis or significantly in error.
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He would have noticed unemployment's the lowest it's been in his lifetime, interest rates are affordable, the GNP is growing nicely, the deficit's gone, the debt's down, places like Saskatoon are so hungry for labour they're calling for a rise in immigration ... where does he get off shoveling this unsubstantiated manure, these baseless ipse dixits?
low confidence 2005
jmjarmstrong commented on the word dixits
JM dixits!
September 27, 2010