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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.”

I recently visited a die-hard Democrat who had just received her copy of Time Magazine, which had a picture of Michelle Obama on the cover. Now, my friend happens to be very beauty conscious so, in a completely non-hostile way, I scanned the cover and said, "I don't know. She's a nice looking lady, but I don't get why all the news stories keep describing her as beautiful."

I had opened the floodgates. Just like the courtiers in The Emperor's New Clothes, this friend had been trying to convince herself that Michelle was beautiful -- and she couldn't. Finally, though, in response to the media's implicit question of "Who're you going to believe -- me, or your lying eyes?" my friend, with a sigh of relief, could go with her own eyes. I hastened the eye-opening process by showing her Sally Quinn's ridiculous Mother's Day article about Michelle's arms, which left my friend reeling. For the first time ever, my friend is beginning to suspect that she's been had.

Even liberals know that they are being lied to deep inside!

“We want to enlighten our friends, not offend them, and the fact is that one cannot simultaneously insult and persuade people.”

Actually, this approach may work in a one-on-one situation, but one should keep in mind that rarely do you ever change a hardcore left-winger's mind - they are just too brainwashed. However, by making the hardcore left-winger look like the foaming-at-the-mouth fool that he is, you will help turn anyone else who is listening away from the left-winger's point of view.

One of the main ways that the Left lures people, especially the young ones, into their cult is by making their way seem like the cool way, as if all the cool people are lefties. Make the lefties seem uncool, and they lose their power. Make them seem weak (which is uncool to most people) and they lose power. When you argue with a left-winger while others are watching, always keep your cool while maintaining an attitude of laughing contempt for the lefty. It will drive him insane.