“And second, because I learned long ago not to engage in a debate with someone unable to recognize when they’ve lost.”
LOL, there’s the ticket! Come in and declare victory without even attempting it. Where were you when the Pedophile Priests were being prosecuted in court? You could have talked the Judge into dropping all charges within 20 seconds flat!
... The phrase also appears in Bill Waterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes,[6] in which Calvin inquires of Hobbes what the meaning of the phrase is. Hobbes responds that a "paper tiger" is like a "paper boy", that is, a tiger that delivers newspapers. -Wiki
You are quite obviously arguing with an unarmed participant!
Verga's corollary to Godwin's law: When a protestant brings up pedophile priests to change the subject, they have lost the argument.