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Caliman73

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17. When you have no argument, you use tactics...
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 02:06 PM
Mar 2023

The reality is that typically the Conservative viewpoint is bereft of really solid and meaningful arguments.

The reality is that Conservatives do not want to invest the effort or money into meaningful solutions that would very likely, significantly reduce violence, crime, and poverty. They throw out "causes" but their solution is typically more of the same. Pray, prayer, thoughts and prayer, more punishment after the fact, etc...

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Interview with Oklahoma State Sen. Nathan Dahm - The Problem with Jon Stewart ItsjustMe Mar 2023 #1
Thanks, missed your post probably because I am in the West and it Bev54 Mar 2023 #2
I am also on the West Coast. ItsjustMe Mar 2023 #5
I am in Calgary AB which is Mtn time and it was still too early for me, lol. Bev54 Mar 2023 #6
Man, this guys sidesteps the issue at hand and jumps from one talking Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #8
It is called the Gish Gallop... Caliman73 Mar 2023 #9
Thank you! Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #14
When you have no argument, you use tactics... Caliman73 Mar 2023 #17
Republicons have an all purpose solution to problems Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #18
+1, and to defeat a gish gallop focus on one point with empirical evidence and POUNDE IT INTO ground uponit7771 Mar 2023 #26
Man, is he on point. Bristlecone Mar 2023 #21
How did Jon Stewart stay so calm? Beaverhausen Mar 2023 #28
Well, I actually prefer having the article to read. MissMillie Mar 2023 #3
Daaaam! Evergreen Emerald Mar 2023 #4
I watched it 3 times in a row, couldn't get enough. Bev54 Mar 2023 #7
It was great. In It to Win It Mar 2023 #10
Not really destroyed. SYFROYH Mar 2023 #11
disagree CatWoman Mar 2023 #13
Yes, he will definitely be co-sponsoring gun control legislation as a result. SYFROYH Mar 2023 #20
i wouldn't go that far CatWoman Mar 2023 #23
kick CatWoman Mar 2023 #29
I believe he destroyed his argument that any gun control is an infringement on their rights. Bev54 Mar 2023 #16
+1, ... because the GQP wants to make a semantic argument about "shall not infringe" uponit7771 Mar 2023 #27
That was fucking awesome! jcgoldie Mar 2023 #12
This is amazing... JanLip Mar 2023 #15
"I not giving you an anecdote" Alpeduez21 Mar 2023 #19
Stewart debunked every statement and made Dahm look foolish LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #22
Jon is brilliant! Duppers Mar 2023 #24
What I find astonishing about most 2A arguments is the "Settled Case Law" idea A HERETIC I AM Mar 2023 #25
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