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I was conned by JT Leroy
I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
By Ayelet Waldman [2006-01-11]

  • Nothing is as disarming...

    "But you are right that my last post has some disingenuousness in it. I was trying to be clever and I was dishonest about the context of ignorant as a result. And I'm sorry about that that lapse into rhetorical stupidity."

    Well, nothing is as disarming to one's opponent in a debate as admitting a fault honestly. Now I remember why I so often agree with you rather than disagree :)

    ronron

    -- ronron
    Friday, January 13, 2006 07:06 AM
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