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MrScorpio

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6. You've just explained why just about all wingers are both hypocrites and assholes

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2017, 05:59 PM

May 2017

Pointing all of that out to them will only make them double down on their own hypocrisy and assholism.

They'd never admit how wrong they are, but that's never the point. The point is to let them know that YOU KNOW how wrong they are, allow them to paint themselves in a corner and focus on why they're wrong, even as they try to wiggle out of that corner.

Great essay.

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Liberal values are principles. Conservative values are subjective. [View all] ProfessorPlum May 2017 OP

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You've just explained why just about all wingers are both hypocrites and assholes MrScorpio May 2017 #6

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