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7 Techniques Liberals Use to Silence Conservatives
Townhall.com ^ | March 16, 2018 | John Hawkins

Posted on 03/16/2018 5:56:48 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Article seems spot-on, but I don’t see anything being done about it (like a law requiring Facebook and Google to respect the First Amendment)


21 posted on 03/16/2018 8:12:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Slyfox

Thanks for the new background wallpaper.


22 posted on 03/16/2018 8:55:59 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Kaslin

I do not think those three have much to worry about from ‘sexist’ men...


23 posted on 03/16/2018 9:34:14 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Avalon Memories

...or cares.


24 posted on 03/16/2018 9:34:38 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ctdonath2
... I have trouble addressing it.

Why would you WANT to address it?

They don't care what you think; they just want to... Shut You Up!!


Quit playing defense!


25 posted on 03/16/2018 9:36:27 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Don W

My distinct pleasure.


26 posted on 03/16/2018 10:12:45 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Elsie

I want to address it by finding a fast rhetorical way to shut _them_ up, dragging them - and observing bystanders - back to the absurdity of the Left’s accusations & demands.
For them, starting with an articulate (if misguided) comment and then quickly body-slamming subsequent debate into “you’re a poopy-head” is an effective technique for getting their message out and silencing opposition. Having a strong catchword like “libsplaining” (commandeering their own “mansplaining” epithet & slamming it back as an anti-liberal epithet they’ll instantly understand) angers them & puts them on the defensive, defusing their attack and forcing discussion back to the original absurdity while making clear they’re the vile one per their own terminology.

It’s an effective rhetorical block, making way for a good offense.


27 posted on 03/16/2018 10:18:19 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Kaslin

bookmark


28 posted on 03/16/2018 10:18:44 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Last Dakotan

The one on the left looks like a guy.


29 posted on 03/16/2018 8:43:45 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: relictele

>>And will the extinction somehow choose victims by political affiliation?

Given the history of the Left, it very well may. Which is why thinking people believe in 2A.

http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM


30 posted on 03/19/2018 5:17:04 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: relictele
Good word smithing with "fainting-couch lefties."

I’m seeing a lot of You Conservative/Constitutionalist Scum Will Be Dead Soon And We’ll Do What We Like posts from fainting-couch lefties.

31 posted on 03/19/2018 6:35:27 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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bkmk


32 posted on 03/23/2018 2:19:33 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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