Posted on 05/26/2009 10:32:53 AM PDT by lewisglad
What if I'm not?
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The best way to talk to liberals is with questions. Ask the right questions until they answer themselves into a corner and then watch them try to escape.
Won't change their minds but is entertaining.
My thoughts exactly
Sincerity is most important.
Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
When all else fails...revert to Mark Levin approach.
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Me either. I don’t toss in any of my beliefs or principals to want them to like me. Too hell with them.
That's how my former roommate, the Vice President of College Democrats, thought he would change people's minds.
You have to speak their langusge.
Good article, lewisglad. This particular sentence from the article echoes my own sentiments when it comes to discussing issues with anyone, not just liberals:
“We want to enlighten our friends, not offend them, and the fact is that one cannot simultaneously insult and persuade people.”
The gist I got from that point was that the lead-in is a straw dog. Like the example about universal health care. We know it's not wonderful or a cure for all ills. But using a starter like "Universal care might be great" is open to a variety of finishes that can define why it isn't. At least that's how I took this point.
For example, "Universal health care might be great, but it hasn't worked very well in Canada or England"...
yep, I like your way better.
SO I take it.. spitting on their shoes and going “Arrrrugh”(like a Pirate).. is not recommended?..
I’m waiting for the government to socialize the court system and make all lawyers part of a state-run (state-paid) system. That should make them take a gasp at the thought of nationalizing anything ever again.
Seems like an awful lot of energy expended to maybe change someone’s mind. You’d have to have a lot of such conversations to even hope that they’d change their vote to the R column.
But, it’s an interesting article. :)
LOL!
>Understand what a liberal perceives as insulting — and then avoid it<
Avoid telling the truth?
Synopsis
Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental bestsellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years—and certainly the most controversial. Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the American political scene to date. With incisive reasoning, refreshing candor, and razor-sharp wit, she reveals just why liberals have got it so wrong.
In this powerful and entertaining book, which draws on her weekly columns, Coulter ranges far and wide. No subject is off-limits, and no comment is left unsaid. After all, she writes, “Nothing too extreme can be said about liberals because it’s all true.” How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) offers Coulter’s unvarnished take on:
•The essence of being a liberal: “The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.”
•John Kerry: “A reporter asked Kerry, ‘Are you for or against gay marriage?’ As usual, his answer was, ‘Yes.’ ”
•Her 9/11 comments: “I am often asked if I still think we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity. The answer is: Now more than ever!”
•The state of the Democratic Party: “Teddy Kennedy crawls out of Boston Harbor with a quart of Scotch in one pocket and a pair of pantyhose in the other, and Democrats hail him as theirparty’s spiritual leader.”
•Her philosophy for arguing with liberals: “Tough love, except I don’t love them. My ‘tough love’ approach is much like the Democrats’ ‘middle-class tax cuts’—everything but the last word.”
•The “Treason Lobby”: “Want to make liberals angry? Defend the United States.”
In this full-on Coulterpalooza, you’ll find the real, uncensored Ann Coulter. A special concluding chapter even includes the pieces that squeamish editors refused to publish—“what you could have read if you lived in a free country,” says Coulter. How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) is a stunning reminder of why Ann Coulter’s commentary has achieved must-read status.
“Ask the right questions until they answer themselves into a corner and then watch them try to escape.”
You know what happened to Socretes when he tried this? (Does that mean he wasn’t right?)
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