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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:18 AM Original message |
"Is that what you think of me?" Make the debate personal. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Brilliant...and basic! Being one of those "old farts" I could also add: |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. That would leave any teabagger speechless. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, I DO make it personal. I say "Yes, that is exactly what I want, to kill old people and babies." |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. HAHah ah aHAHAH a Ha |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You can also get an exemption if you're gay, or if you renounce Christianity. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. HAHah a haH a HaHaH aHah |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I can make them speak in tongues on command. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. too bad they won't drink paint and dance with rattlesnakes on command.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. exactly. i did this in 2004 when kids in christian school, hearing them bash kerry, liberals |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. I got to thinking that speaking objectively and abstractly about actual facts |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Or you could just tell them to "fuck off" |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, it's satisfying, but it doesn't change minds. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Neither does the advice you are suggesting |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Of course not everyone will be persuaded. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I think the OP's advice is excellent |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. but, but, but - Sean Hannity said so ....... he wouldn't lie? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's true. When people, even by implication, make the debate personal, they've lost the argument. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. +1 |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. My reply to them is this: |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. he would just tell me I was being fooled. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good thinking |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. If you're going to honor idiocy with an answer at all, that's not a bad one. |
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