How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

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The problem, as Ben Shapiro puts it in this must-read, is that �because conservatives don�t think about how to win that they constantly lose� in confrontations with leftists. The solution is to stop taking the bullying and learning to argue for victory. Among Shapiro�s rules for beating the left in confrontations are: Be willing to take a punch. (conservatives tend to shy away from confrontations because the left is rhetorically violent; but it is important �to walk toward the fire.� ) Hit hard, hit first. (leftists stage muggings; instead of fighting by Marquis of Queensberry rules, conservatives need to accept the strategy Mike Tyson: �Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.�) Immediately frame the debate. (�When you�re discussing global warming , for example, the proper question is not whether man is causing global warming but whether man can fix global warming�a question to which the universally acknowledged answer is no unless we are willing to revert to the pre industrial age.�) There are eight more rules that will allow a conservative to debate a leftist and destroy him. How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them is not just a �how to� book. It is a survival manual.