'Roids' - now it's Jeff Mayweather's turn - what's their problem?

[generalbulldog]

Please explain any of your statements because in no way whatsoever has he implicated Manny.....Shit I know a ton of other writers that believed Roy Jones was on steroids and a bunch that believed Holyfield was on Roids at one point in time but they did not write articles about it it was just personal opinion....

A back handed accusation does not include the comments
"I don't know what Pacquiao is or isnt on".......

And by the way your theory on Jeff not going against what his brother says is worth about as much as a $3 bill because he has gone against every member of the Mayweather family's statements at one point in time...

In fact he has thrown PBF under the bus on more then one occassion

I already pointed out and made clear where he implicated Manny in my last response to you, the quote I highlighted. It's an appeals to authority logical fallacy when used in arguing or for debates. It is a backhanded accusation and also to make it seem like he's neutral he states, "I’m not here to accuse the man of anything but all I can say is that numerous people feel he has been taking something illegal these past fights."

How many times have I seen this trick used in everyday speech or argumentative prose? It's the oldest trick in the book. To paraphrase Jeff Mayweather, "Look I'm not accusing Manny, but a lot of people have been saying he's using steroids."

That is an accusation, not an direct one but it is one. It is the oldest trick in the book in argumentative prose. There are many various forms of it. Here's let's use this as an example, "Look I'm not against immigrants, but I heard they cause trouble, leech off welfare, commit crimes, and are detrimental to American society."

One just needs to read between the lines to see the clear meaning.

That's exactly my point. He used that punchline 'many people have been saying he's using steroids' several times in that interview as if trying to say, 'hey listen up, fellas, I tell you the kids on 'roids and many people believe so,' and on the other hand he said absolutely nothing about the possibility of Pac being innocent of the accusation. If some of you folks thinks otherwise, that's all right, you can be right, who knows. But for me, that's the way I see it...

I'm not a fan of Pac because I felt he took some of my favorite fighters when they were on the downside of their career such as Morales, and I've been critical of him because of some of the crazy Pac fans, but things like accusing the guy of taking steroids without any proof is a low blow by the Mayweathers.

This accusation is almost as bad as when other critics accused the guy earlier this year of being racist because he doesn't fight black fighters or something like that. Some shit are just ridiculous accusations.