How To Argue Leftists Into A Corner
American Thinker,
by
Jeff M. Lewis
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
8/6/2021 3:29:31 AM
The Culture War is hot, and it continues. The furor over Critical Race Theory seems to have died down a bit (perhaps on purpose?), but don’t think we have won. This is likely to continue for quite some time and we know for sure that the leftists will not quit, and neither should we. (snip) Expect this. Leftists cannot tolerate any dissenting points of view and will resort to personal attacks, claim they are victims of our “angry” or “unhinged” comments and contrary opinions, and will bully us to stifle meaningful conversation. Enter their camp anyway and leave all the nuggets of truth you can.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 8/6/2021 5:27:14 AM (No. 869731)
Unfortunately, it's not about argument, it's about coercion.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chance_232 8/6/2021 6:03:17 AM (No. 869760)
Its difficult to win an argument against a smart person. Its impossible to win an argument against
a moron.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/6/2021 6:10:47 AM (No. 869763)
The battle for CRT is just beginning. The Department of Defense overseas schools will reveal its diversity equity and Inclusion agenda on the 21st of May, two days before the 160 overseas schools open. How would you like to be a parent in that environment?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rama41 8/6/2021 6:14:53 AM (No. 869767)
#3. That should be the 21st of August.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
MEdwards1776 8/6/2021 6:18:25 AM (No. 869769)
Universities are nothing more than “progressive leftist socialist” indoctrination centers. A good buddy of mine said: At 20 if you’re not a liberal you have no heart, at 40 if you’re a liberal then you got NO BRAINS! So very true.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
chumley 8/6/2021 6:56:27 AM (No. 869799)
There is no winning arguments anymore. Not to the point that minds are changed. One side or the other may make better points, but all that will do is create even further resentment. Everyone has chosen their side and dug in. Everyone tries to score gotcha points but those do nothing.
The only way anyone changes their mind is if they see it on TV or their stupid smart phones, or in school. The communists have academia and all the big networks including Fox. They hammer out their message around the clock. Its hard to fight that without similar resources.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
BaldGuy 8/6/2021 7:12:31 AM (No. 869812)
with my liberal friends, I just break it down into simple questions, like: "If you had a young daughter would
you want her showering with a grown man?"
or, "How many genders are there in total?"
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/6/2021 7:44:30 AM (No. 869842)
#7, you can also ask them this - if there are 62 (or whatever the current number is) genders, why are there only 2 options for those who want to transition? Another good one from Dan Bongino - if masks work, why aren’t they working?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Krause 8/6/2021 8:01:34 AM (No. 869861)
The crt argument doesn’t hold water. Their are lots of black people who lead successful lives in our system. They are all around. Those are people who were raised properly and were prepared to be successful. It’s also very obvious why many blacks don’t succeed in our system, because they were not raised properly and not prepared at all for success. They also are all around. It’s very clear.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/6/2021 8:19:13 AM (No. 869881)
In my environment I can totally avoid radical leftists. They seem to breed mainly in big cities and when out here in the country they know enough to keep their big mouths shut. Justice is often conducted without the intervention of lawyers.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
seamusm 8/6/2021 9:03:51 AM (No. 869948)
Most people do not know HOW to argue. Apart from the author's comments, arguing with people holding strongly held beliefs of ANY variety is often frustrating because they switch language and subjects like instantly (and confusingly) throwing a switch. Even we need to be careful to disagree respectfully and avoid ad hominem attacks and not acting as if getting louder was the way to win the argument.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Laotzu 8/6/2021 9:24:02 AM (No. 869978)
Another article that should have been written 16 months ago, when they were cowering in the corner.
Too late, frogs. The pot is already boiling.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/6/2021 11:04:10 AM (No. 870120)
Try this... "you go to your church...I'll go to mine"... it shuts them up immediately... the socialists need an adversary to justify their position...it's really about convincing themselves... but for now... just shut them down by saying..."you go to your church...I'll go to mine"...they need a "fix" for the day and when you shut them down they get rattled...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Clearinnc 8/6/2021 11:38:42 AM (No. 870155)
Thomas Sowell said much the same thing when he wrote, "One of the painful signs of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans, anything except reason." I would like to add, 'reasoning' isn't something taught in today's classrooms. In fact, it's downright frowned upon. You musn't question the furor's (professor's) teaching! If you do, you're part of the 'problem.' The problem being whatever part of Western society the professor is criticizing that day.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
msjena 8/6/2021 12:06:34 PM (No. 870185)
Liberals don't argue. They just cover their ears or resort to ad hominem attacks. Facts to them are like a cross to a vampire. I sometimes argue with online posts but it always ends up the same--calling me moron or Trumptard or some other insult. How can you argue with someone after that?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/6/2021 1:28:23 PM (No. 870268)
Critical Race Theory (CRT) must be considered to be pure politically based propaganda designed to separate the races and damage the USA. If CRT was on the up and up they would be teaching pre-USA history and USA history through the eyes of the people and the societies that existed hundreds of years ago. Those people and societies no longer exist in the modern USA. So CRT is completely wrong in blaming people living in the USA today for what happened involving slavery hundreds of years ago, especially when most of today’s Americans do not have ancestors who ever owned slaves, and for the most part were not even residents of the USA during the slavery era or may well have ancestors who fought with the Union Army where they may have been killed or wounded during the Civil War against the slave States.
In reality if there were never slave ships coming across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the USA, that is before that practice was stopped by the British Royal Navy in the early 1800’s, where would all the descendants of the enslaved Black African People who transited the Atlantic Ocean to America be now? Chances are if they are alive today, they would be existing in some interior West African town or village, and in that case, would they be better off there, then living in the modern USA where there are long passed civil rights laws to protect them?
Clearly CRT is about beating a dead horse for political purposes!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/6/2021 7:31:43 PM (No. 870584)
Yep #2 has it in a nut shell, emphasis on the NUTS on the Left...
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