How to Argue Like a "Liberal"

From this:

[...]

1. Make an untrue statement.

2. Deny that you said what you said.

3. Deny that the other party understood what you said.

4. Deny that the words you used mean what the other party claims they mean.

5. Redefine your definition and hope the other person forgets the previous one. Repeat as needed.

6. Assert that since definitions are irrelevant and subjective, the other person is mean-spirited, racist, sexist, intolerant and obsessive.

7. Change the subject.

See also this chestnut: 'How to Argue Like A Lefty in a Weblog Comments Board':

Posted to Politics at March 31, 2004 12:42 AM

So weird, I wrote almost the exact same thing about conservatives.

http://toddanthonydirect.typepad.com/the_bullshit_observer/2006/03/how_to_argue_wi.html

Posted by: ha at April 27, 2006 03:03 PM

Non-"liberal" coverage of immigration, Iraq, terrorism, multiculturalism, Los Angeles, California, privacy, and occasionally celebrities and wacky humor...

---

---

Main

Atom feed · RSS 2.0 feed · RSS 0.91 feed · WML

Immigration 2008a · Immigration 2007b · Immigration 2007a · Immigration · Immigration (6/05 to 12/05) · Immigration (1/05 to 6/05) · Immigration (8/04 to 12/04) · Immigration (before 8/04) · Immigration & Terrorism · Immigration & Driver's Licenses · Immigration & Consuls · Immigration & Media Bias · Immigration & Europe · North American Union

Blogging Across America

MultiCulti Madness · General Politics · Privacy · Miscellaneous · The "Peace" Movement

Los Angeles · California · Outdoors and sports · Celebrities · Wackiness · Inside Blogging

Iraq · Beltway Sniper · Terrorism & Extremism · The Saudis · Warblogging · War On Drugs

• 2008: 1  2  3  4 
• 2007: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 
• 2006: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 
• 2005: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 
• 2004: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 
• 2003: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 
• 2002: 9  10  11  12 

All Posts(links to each post by title)

• Obama campaign creatively edits Jerome Corsi quote; his supposed "widely discredited beliefs"; calls him "Truther"
• American Medical Association falsely states "47 million Americans are uninsured"
• Truth Fights Back, just not too well (John Kerry on anti-Obama smears)
• Los Angeles may "require" home improvement stores to have day laborer centers
• Kenneth Vogel/Politico smears Jerome Corsi ("Obama Nation" book)
• Instapundit still confused over that whole "nature" thing
• City of Tucson partners with Guadalajara; "Regional Economic Integration" with Mexican state (Sonora)
• Ask Obama or McCain a tough question, make $1000!
• Housing bailout bill includes millions for ACORN, National Council of La Raza
• Olympics events (2008 Beijing)
• Barack Obama is a dual citizen? Kenya? Indonesia? Sister's name on birth certificate?
• DNC platform draft: a healthcare lie?, same old immigration line with a Bush echo, Katrina, service, firearms, U.N. MDG
• Exclusive: Secret Barack Obama training video
• "Governor" Gavin Newsom defends San Francisco's sanctuary policy
• Judy Bachrach/Vanity Fair smears Lou Dobbs
• Barack Obama supporters angered, saddened by John McCain blog commenting scheme
• Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) calls DHS agents "Gestapo agents" (Gebe Martinez/Politico)
• Luis Gutierrez, Joe Baca don't want federal enforcement in "their" communities
• Kevin Drum/Washington Monthly deletes yet another comment (Obama's Global Poverty Act)
• Casa de Maryland gets $1.5 million from Citgo (Venezuela government)