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  • Example of Dunning-Kruger though; somebody so monstrously cognitively vacuous he completely lacks even the most elementary sorts of critical thinking skill neeed to understand what the “arena of ideas” even is, much less who is winning on grounds of logical and empirical validity (as ooposed to infantile hystrionics and vapid puling and whining, which Romartin and his ilk excel at with such egregious abandon.)

    Think Progress » VIDEO: The Extreme, Violent Rhetoric Of GOP Lawmakers 2010

  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Can you find a GOP contributor who can demonstrate a bit more depth and a bit less hystrionics?

    The Debate Over Hussein 2008

  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • Way too much hysteria, hystrionics, and hyperbole for my taste.

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  • theatrics, over acting

    July 19, 2012

  • But only by females.

    July 20, 2012