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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
This report leaves out one of the most important liberal "debating" tactics. They interrupt incessantly when conservatives are talking, disrupting the flow of thought. But if anyone tries the same thing on them they have a snotty retort at the ready. Conservatives, being considerate, usually yield. I've also seen liberal hosts 'team' with liberal guests to constantly interrupt conservatives to make sure no good points are ever made. Alan Colmes is a master at this.

Another very obvious tactic is to never stop talking, no matter what the host says. O'Reilly is the only host who handles this type effectively: he simply shuts their microphone off. There must be regular seminars to teach these tactics. Too bad the Republicans don't have a few.

30 posted on 08/13/2002 8:35:45 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Bernard Marx
This report leaves out one of the most important liberal "debating" tactics. They interrupt incessantly when conservatives are talking, disrupting the flow of thought. But if anyone tries the same thing on them they have a snotty retort at the ready. Conservatives, being considerate, usually yield.

Indeed. Another excellent point. The conservative's manners are used against him/her. What I do when a DemoRat tries this, is to block out what they almost frantically throw out to interrupt me, and maintain a continuous stream of thought and logic to end up with a punch line that sticks it right in their craw. It buffs their brain. They usually forget all their silly protestations and interruptions since their usually is no coherence to what they were yapping out during the development of my argument.

But I don't stop there, I give them a quarter note beat to let my hopefully devastating conclusion sink in...(such as "and so any fool can see that Democrats are guilty in spades of all the things they accuse Republicans of")..then I nuke them as sanctimonious hypocrites.

The key point is to maintain a strong sense of internal rhythm and trust that they are NOT cooperative fair play debaters. Don't give them a chance to pot shot at you. And take the fight to the wasteland of THEIR backyard.

52 posted on 08/14/2002 5:37:59 AM PDT by guitfiddlist
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