Post by Jimmy on Jan 28, 2012 0:22:07 GMT -5
Welcome to HowToArgueWithARepublican.com.
The purpose of this site is to give like minded progressives a forum in which they may share recent and on going arguments they have had with their conservative family members, friends or acquaintances. My hope is that over time we will build a valuable set of counter-arguments that people will be able to peruse and employ the next time they find themselves in a similar argument. During the remainder of this year we will all likely run into, add infinitum, the familiar arguments that conservatives use to push the radical right wing agenda. It would be nice to read how other progressives counter these arguments and perhaps work as a group to really hone in on multiple lines of argument that would be most effective at persuading your particular audience of fence sitters.
I think the reason I decided to start this forum is best summed up by quotes from the following links.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con....1402375_pf.html
“A new study out of Yale University confirms what argumentative liberals have long-known: Offering reality-based rebuttals to conservative lies only makes conservatives cling to those lies even harder.”
www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-sweeney/theres-no-arguing-with-co_b_126805.html
“I ain't got the answers, ace, except to say this: When arguing with conservatives in front of on-the-fence independents, remember that you're not trying to convince the conservative to actually buy into silly notions like facts and reason. You're highlighting the differences between left and right for the outside observer. If the other guy insists on political views that belong only in Disney World's Fantasyland, other folks will realize what's happening.”
The purpose of this site is to give like minded progressives a forum in which they may share recent and on going arguments they have had with their conservative family members, friends or acquaintances. My hope is that over time we will build a valuable set of counter-arguments that people will be able to peruse and employ the next time they find themselves in a similar argument. During the remainder of this year we will all likely run into, add infinitum, the familiar arguments that conservatives use to push the radical right wing agenda. It would be nice to read how other progressives counter these arguments and perhaps work as a group to really hone in on multiple lines of argument that would be most effective at persuading your particular audience of fence sitters.
I think the reason I decided to start this forum is best summed up by quotes from the following links.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con....1402375_pf.html
“A new study out of Yale University confirms what argumentative liberals have long-known: Offering reality-based rebuttals to conservative lies only makes conservatives cling to those lies even harder.”
www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-sweeney/theres-no-arguing-with-co_b_126805.html
“I ain't got the answers, ace, except to say this: When arguing with conservatives in front of on-the-fence independents, remember that you're not trying to convince the conservative to actually buy into silly notions like facts and reason. You're highlighting the differences between left and right for the outside observer. If the other guy insists on political views that belong only in Disney World's Fantasyland, other folks will realize what's happening.”