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gulliver

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37. Iirc, Aristotle suggested you want to make your opponent repeat their mistakes.

Reply to mcar (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2020, 09:47 PM

Sep 2020

If the opponent says something the audience finds stupid or dishonest, you want to do or say things that cause your opponent to keep repeating the stupidity or lie.

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How to Debate Someone Who Lies [View all] mcar Sep 2020 OP

I am sure that the Biden team Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #1

I'm sure they are too mcar Sep 2020 #2

Yet somehow I am quite anxious about it. maxsolomon Sep 2020 #23

"Mashed-Potato Malarkey!" lastlib Sep 2020 #3

A Truth Sandwich Kitchari Sep 2020 #4

Love it! mcar Sep 2020 #6

Marked for later. I've been waiting for an expert to comment on this. hlthe2b Sep 2020 #5

This is great, but I offer one addition. Tom Rinaldo Sep 2020 #7

Agreed. That would be a good frame. Caliman73 Sep 2020 #14

Excellent! kairos12 Sep 2020 #15

Absolutely. Great points. ancianita Sep 2020 #18

It's gonna be worse than "lies" blaze Sep 2020 #8

Exactly. Cha Sep 2020 #36

Challenge drumpf to do ten pushups. The debate will be over lol Takket Sep 2020 #9

that would be a kodak moment lol DeeNice Sep 2020 #33

Were Biden to ask, I would advise... sanatanadharma Sep 2020 #10

Actually PatSeg Sep 2020 #11

I would call him out once, early on in the debate as a "serial liar" and use the word. BlueNProud Sep 2020 #12

K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #13

That's useful for sure bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #16

Bookmarking! liberalla Sep 2020 #17

Great advice - Biden should not allow himself to be provoked FakeNoose Sep 2020 #19

Even I would join that congregation! erronis Sep 2020 #21

Is trumpf going to stalk the stage, standing behind Biden and making orange-utang faces? erronis Sep 2020 #20

Hopefully Drumpf literally trips and falls doing so. BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #24

Thanks. That's a good piece from The Atlantic. I think their articles are open right now. erronis Sep 2020 #31

After all these years, Susan Calvin Sep 2020 #22

THISTHISTHIS TommyCelt Sep 2020 #25

Think he'll be "low energy?" mcar Sep 2020 #27

Sleepy Don nt TommyCelt Sep 2020 #35

I think I've had quite enough "lie sandwiches" thank you very much. sarchasm Sep 2020 #26

Biden needs to hit Trump as a failure at least 3 times in a row and then Trump will lose his shit. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #28

Good point mcar Sep 2020 #29

If he does it every now and then, Trump will recover. But if he hits him over and over *boom* TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #30

That's a lie, Mr Trump. That is not true, Mr Trump. That is a lie, Donald. JT45242 Sep 2020 #32

This is stuck in my mind...means nothing but it's itching at me TommyCelt Sep 2020 #34

Iirc, Aristotle suggested you want to make your opponent repeat their mistakes. gulliver Sep 2020 #37