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RE :”And the progressives that I converse with on the internet have a real hard time with me because I call their silly notions what they are, with evidence to back it up. They like to call me names, at which point it’s fun to show them how silly they look.”

I also find myself in a position where I can hit them with arguments that they never expected. (the GOP rarely debates the issue)

Young adults here are especially supportive of same sex marriage, I have found . A few have told me they couldn't support the GOP because of social issues like that one, even though Dems frustrate them on some other issues. I don't know what their life experiences were that led them to those opinions.

Rather discuss the related issues rationally they just repeat that us old (homophobes) will die off and not be able to stop them.

They buy the arguments by Dems (in this case) that the polls select the winning side.

They use talking points. I was arguing homosexual marriage with a 19 year old mouthy liberal on facebook a few weeks ago. She shouts down her opponents, but in my case I made her look, literally, like a fool. How?

I explained my experience and research with the homosexual community in Seattle beginning in the late 1970’s, my following GRID (which became AIDS) and its history and impact on the homosexual culture, my reading the articles in the homosexual magazines in Seattle in the 80’s and 90’s, my relationships with many homosexuals there, a couple of which were actually friends. I then used that as background for my diatribe regarding the poison which is called “same sex marriage”.

Her response? I’m “ignorant”.

At that point I accused her of three things:
1. She’s projecting.
2. The absurdity of her comment exposes her lack of any arguments and dependency on talking points and bullying her debate opponents.
3. She is a textbook case of arrogant ignorance and may want to read up on the “behind closed doors” homosexual experience and get back to me.

Ignorant. Pretty funny.

I also find myself in a position where I can hit them with arguments that they never expected. (the GOP rarely debates the issue)

One of my favorite comments to some of these guys is “That argument may have worked against a bunch of underclassmen that were ignorant on the issue, but in the adult world you need to use REAL arguments that can actually be supported by evidence.”

I only use that with the arrogantly ignorant, though.