[pepsi_junkie]

I used those examples already, but my opponent laughed those off as people specifically put out there just to be tokens basically. I feel that alone backed up my argument (he never acknowledged that any of them could possibly be qualified, just that they are puppets of a political strategy by the right to "appear" inclusive). But the difference here is this is just a woman with an opinion who is being shunned, no way to portray that as "legitimate" distrust of a politically motivated appointment.

[papertyger]

but my opponent laughed those off as people specifically put out there just to be tokens basically. I feel that alone backed up my argument (he never acknowledged that any of them could possibly be qualified, just that they are puppets of a political strategy by the right to "appear" inclusive).

When a person expresses a belief that is not sufficiently developed and detailed that it is insulated from being disproven that belief is a prejudice, not an opinion. Were you to present evidence that would conclusively disprove his belief, he would not recognize it.