You are not going to change a liberal’s mind any more than they are going to change a conservative’s mind. Both sides are too set in their ways.
I start with asking a LEFTist if they are pro-democracy. That is an easy one and they cannot resist proclaiming their dedication to it! [Opening the trap door]
I then ask them the leading question about the definition of democracy being the people voting? [Baiting the trap]
When that is agreed to, I ask why then are these LEFT shibboleths like statues, monuments, names etc. NOT VOTED upon before destruction? Is that not ANTI-democracy? [Snap, the trap is sprung]
= = =
Of course it is never that simple nor does the LEFTist admit anything. By the time I get a few words into the 3rd query, there is an urgent need to leave.
One thing I’d love to propose for any debate between LEFT and non-LEFT is a small limit to language. If the LEFT is going to insist on that pronoun WEAPON, let us respond with our own weapon of language; a buzzer to sound with each use of that perennial of LEFTist vocabulary, the ‘_ist’ modifier.
Imagine that, used to death, duo of “... racist, sexist ...” reduced to “... raciBZZZ, sexiBZZZ ...”! the speaker will be tongue-tied and near inarticulate. Probably sound like Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman (’D’onkey Party)!
Can’t be done. It is a brainwashing apprenticeship from birth.
“Getting into a heated argument is going to activate the liberal’s lizard brain and end logical reasoning. “
LOL! As if they had two brain cells to rub together anyway. The most you will get out of them are talking points from the View or CNN.
“Would you like to tell me about your views on global warming?” This makes the idea of a discussion non-threatening.
too artificial
nobody talks like that
if someone said that to me i would be wary
Waste of time.
You can’t persuade with reason a person who did not arrive at their position without reason.
There is only one way. You had better be willing to use it on them before they use it on you.
I can’t resist or stop.
Who wrote this codswallop?
The guy that wrote this article is still operating under the reality from 20, 30 years ago. He has no idea what the modern leftist is like.
I stopped a liberal cold one day.
The topic was climate and the world’s surplus population.
So I asked him, when it’s time to cull the masses, who decides who dies? He’s a gentle liberal, and the horror of the idea struck him.
You can’t reason people out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. It’s pretty simple. There are people that I simply won’t waste time on because they are brain-dead drones. They haven’t had an original thought in probably decades
You can’t reason with a liberal who’s closed minded and has his/her mind made up.
Being nice and reasonable means, to them, that they’re actually winning the argument and it’s only a matter of time before you start seeing things their way.
If a liberal has to be convinced of the fallacy of their views and arguments, then, they don’t have the mental capacity to change, because, the opposition arguments and views are all around them, and if they haven’t learned from actual experience, then, they’re a lost cause.
Omg. Nonnnnnnne of that works. You underestimate the depth of the brainwashing.
What worked for some around here (Los Angeles): the dangerous feral “homeless.” And how the wonderful liberal leaders don’t do anything to help my Dem friends who work hard and pay taxes, and their adult kids live with them because they can’t afford apartments, and the leaders want to give these mentally ill addicts expensive digs. Even if they aren’t from CA.
That has switched a few!
8. Focus on common sense and fairness
With a liberal?
I’ve tried. You can blow their “facts” out of the water with 20 examples and if NPR hasn’t OK’d the thought, forget it.
They are terrified of becoming an outcast of their liberal enclave. They adopt these inane sound bites and revel in their superiority.
Libs lack the curiosity and depth of thought conservatives have. No sense of humor either. They are miserable evil suckers.
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1. Shoot him between the eyes