- channels thinking, clipping off new leads that might direct thought profitably along helpful avenues--perhaps leading to breakthroughs
- runs off those with alternative, perhaps original/helpful, views and authorship theories
- ends up looking like conjecture-based-upon-speculation, which weakens the Oxford case
- focuses on a directed outcome of the discussion/research/analysis/theorizing, removing emphasis on the foundational/basic building blocks--that seem to need quite a bit of shoring up to convince
- generates the same sort of We Have the Only Truth and Are You Fer Us or Agin Us type of discussant behavior observed among the Stratfordians (and others, certainly)
Further thoughts on points 1, 2, and 4 above . .
When we present 'A + B' the '= C' ('C' being an Oxfordian conclusion) is assumed because of where we're known to be coming from. So A and B must be disabled by the counter-discussant--because he knows what it's leading to, what it is meant to support, and he doesn't want it to go there.
In fact 'A' and 'B' might one day '= G'--perhaps even the counter-discussant might draw this conclusion, breaking out of his own preconception. Or somebody out there, yet unknown, might make 'A + B = Q', or, even more interestingly, 'A + B = X, Y, Z' which would blow us all out of our argumentative ruts.
Arriving at 'G', 'Q', or even 'X, Y, Z' might never happen without 'A' and 'B', but 'A' and 'B' have been destroyed by those who assume we're heading only to '= C' (in support of an Oxfordian solution).
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