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What Not Liking Hamilton Taught Me About Arguing on Social Media
Townhall.com ^ | July 9, 2020 | Gary Schneeberger

Posted on 07/09/2020 7:41:51 AM PDT by Kaslin

Edited on 07/09/2020 9:09:05 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

It was a lark, really. Rhetorical misdirection. I had no agenda other than being cheeky, and hoping someone would think I was funny. So imagine my surprise when I wound up with a blueprint for how we all can most constructively engage social media when interacting with those who hold different views than we do.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: broadway; debates; hamilton
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To: alternatives?
It will be hard to top “Springtime for Hitler in Germany”.

Indeed. Too bad we never got to see the History of the World Part II.

41 posted on 07/09/2020 9:34:34 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The drunken ravings of my father-in-law are still better than today’s history classes. Nevertheless, few things are more entertaining and enjoyable to me than just reading real history.


42 posted on 07/09/2020 9:46:49 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Kaslin

Beautiful article about how to engage in debate in general, if you wish to even hope of being effective. I love this.


43 posted on 07/09/2020 9:52:33 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Kaslin
I might see it, but only if they stop the show to lecture me from the stage.

-PJ

44 posted on 07/09/2020 9:53:35 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

I’m with you Sans-Culotte,

This column is basically about nothing. Who cares how people discuss Hamilton? It has nothing to do with anything important.


45 posted on 07/09/2020 9:55:12 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: NobleFree

the weightier matters are about objective reality.


No. The truth is that people with differing opinions do see “objective reality” from different views. Listen. Understand your fellow debater. Craft your argument to him; share how your opinion has bettered your life. You will have more effect than insulting him by insisting your point is more objective than his.


46 posted on 07/09/2020 9:56:47 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: BDParrish

Now substitute Hamilton for the “forbidden fruit” with the same sorts of exhortations given to Eve that were given to the blog author and Eve would have again been flattered into committing original sin. The bloggist’s first instinct was correct. He may have also been trying to be a wolf in a conservative’s clothing. He basically is saying:” Oh don’t be stiff in your views....look at the progress I made in opening myself up to reasoning with progressives....now I have no chest!”


47 posted on 07/09/2020 9:57:22 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Kaslin
For reasons never clear to me, for liberals Hamilton became a sort of Haj for the muslims. Not only were they obligated to see it. They were obligated to show excited pictures of themselves holding up the tickets, and more pictures of them under the marquee on the way into the theater, then more pictures of them excitedly in their seats holding up the program.

After the show, they had to post on social media about how they cried and they loved it and they couldn't wait to go see it again and the loved it and they cried.

Really weird, cult like behavior. I haven't seen it, but I gather it's just a musical play, where black people dress like founding fathers and rap stuff. I don't get the awe and reverence these knuckleheads have for it.

48 posted on 07/09/2020 10:00:01 AM PDT by dead (Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
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To: meowmeow
The musical is based on this book:


49 posted on 07/09/2020 10:54:29 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: dead

My 89 year old grandfather who collects original documents, letters, antiques and memorabilia related to the American Revolution adores the musical.


50 posted on 07/09/2020 10:55:54 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Yaelle

Beg to differ. Knowing that raising the minimum wage lowers employment hasn’t bettered my life - but it’s simple fact, supply and demand confirmed by 19 of 20 studies. All one can do in the face of a raise-supporter is point out those facts.


51 posted on 07/09/2020 11:01:36 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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