Posted on 05/24/2015 4:48:03 PM PDT by Libloather
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Derision, rather than refutation, seems to be the norm of discourse in mainstream politics as well. Accordingly, opposing views are seen as a sign of some moral defect, not genuine disagreement. Earlier this year, for example, a prominent Democrat compared delaying the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as attorney general (she’s the first African-American woman to be given the role) to Jim Crow segregation. Elsewhere, questioning certain sexual-assault statistics makes one a ‘rape apologist’; proponents of traditional marriage are dismissed as ‘bigots’; and even President Obama is called sexist for arguing with Senator Elizabeth Warren about a trade bill (he called her ‘Elizabeth’).
Progressives think their vitriolic name-calling undermines their opponents. But Munger has it right: ‘The absence of [dissent] is harmful, not so much to those who would agree with the dissenting voice, but to those who are thus denied the chance to collide with error.’
A recent study suggests the Republican Party is the strongest it has been in decades. Should this trend continue, should liberals lose the minds and hearts of Americans, should prejudice not die but fester, then progressives need only look in the mirror to find whom to blame.
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Maybe they will start thinking, in stead of arguing!!!
Leftist brainwashing has consequences.
No, they will resort to physical violence. It's what petulant, useful idiot brownshirts always do.
They want an app for that and its the core of their problem.
Years ago, I was having a discussion with my niece on gun control. When it became pitifully obvious her young skull full of mush had no leg to stand on, she looked at my mom and said “grandma, make him stop arguing with me. “ my mom said “he’s not arguing, he’s trying to have a discussion. “
It’s hard to argue with truth. No amount of emotionl knee-jerk response can refute it.
RE: Young American liberals are losing the ability to argue
They can always use the following arguments:
* Call you a racist.
* Call you a monster who wants people to starve, be homeless and grandma to be tossed off the cliff.
* Call you a greedy bastard who only cares for profit and pollute the planet.
Not possible. No basis.
Why should they go to the trouble to reason when brute force works so very well?
As far as I know, they never had the ability to argue. All they could was shout slogans and parrot what other people told them. Forming independent thoughts and expressing them was beyond their ability.
It’s hard to argue your points when your points are consistently wrong.
Yes, let’s just give up.
The country is doomed so let’s just give up.
Our only hope is SHFTF.
So let’s just give up.
12 yrs old with an IPhone stuck on the idiot game of the week.
Is This the Way it Ends?
They have to resort to those tactics until their beloved socialism strong enough to allow them to just shoot you.
"I voted for Obama, I like everything he has done and I don't want to talk about it."
Yes, they are that stupid.
For a reminder of how this works, just think of all the times that the modern young, out of the blue say “well, what about slavery man????” or “well, what about the crusades man????” which is head scratchingly off topic, almost always.
Another thing is that no matter the topic, since they can’t discuss it, then you are accused of either “hating” or being a “racist”, for example talking about the teacher’s unions gets a “you hate teachers”, economics gets a “you hate the poor”, or simply a “racist!”.
It isn’t just debate either. They want everything to be push button easy and can’t manage simple tasks.
Not hard to argue with truth, unless you forego reason and logic.
Something wrong there. IF you forego reason and logic.
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