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How to win a political debate!

New Genoa
27-11-2005, 21:40
1.) When in doubt, compare your opponent/opponent's beliefs to death camps, Hitler, or the Holocaust. If they invoke Godwin's Law, call them haters of free speech.

2.) If they criticize you or your beliefs, make sure to call them out on hating free speech. Remember freedom of speech means acceptance of other views, not tolerance.

3.) Gay marriage. Your emergency topic. You could be talking about Hurricane Katrina or Middle Eastern oil fields and when the going gets tough, just bring up the gay marriage issue. Example: "How can I even bother to debate with a homophobic bastard or gay-loving pinko?"

4.) There are no moderates. Either you're a far-right wing neoconservative Hitler-worshipper or a far-left Stalin-sucking pinko liberal hippie. Or even an evil worker-hating corporation-hugging environment-destroying Libertarian.

5.) Corporations. When in doubt, blame them and associate your opponent with them. Example: "How can I talk to a corporate cocksucking whore such as yourself?"

6.) Treason. Disagree with your viewpoint? Out of responses? Call them traitors to your nation or army deserters. They may just happen to be the biggest pacifist in the world, but if you can call them out on their lack of military service, then you're gold.

7.) Attack Americans. "What do you mean Marx was full of shit? What are you, a stupid fat-ass fascist American?"

8.) Attack their grammar. "Your? Don't you mean you're? Ha, you must know nothing about politics or economics you stupid shit."

9.) Overexaggerate your opponent's position. "So you're against the minimum wage because it causes more unemployment? Well, I guess that just means you support child labor, pedophilia, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Great Depression, and Nazis on Dinosaurs!"

10.) Create a list of ways to win a political debate. "Shit, I don't know how to win a debate so I'm just going to make a bitter list to make me seem like an enlightened hero!" ;)
N Y C
27-11-2005, 21:42
*claps*
Colodia
27-11-2005, 21:43
Our hero!
The South Islands
27-11-2005, 21:44
I lolve it!
Eichen
27-11-2005, 21:49
Thanks for summing up the last two weeks of NS General so efficiently. In fact, I think that's an accurate list of debate "in the line of battle", so to speak. :D
You put it far better than I could've.
Zatarack
27-11-2005, 21:51
And if anyone argues and says you're being illogical, call them a whiner.
Neo Mishakal
27-11-2005, 21:52
*takes notes*

;)
New Genoa
27-11-2005, 21:53
And if anyone argues and says you're being illogical, call them a whiner.

Good point, but a nice round 10 points is all I could make. Because we know anyone who makes 11 points is obviously gay.;)
Zatarack
27-11-2005, 21:56
Good point, but a nice round 10 points is all I could make. Because we know anyone who makes 11 points is obviously gay.;)

Only a foolish American would say so!
The South Islands
27-11-2005, 21:59
Only a foolish American would say so!

Only a cheese eating surrender-monkey frenchman would say that!
The Omega Complex
27-11-2005, 21:59
Good point, but a nice round 10 points is all I could make. Because we know anyone who makes 11 points is obviously gay.;)
Spoken like a true fringe-left anti-environment neo-fascist commiemutanttraitorscum.

(How'd I do?)
Vetalia
27-11-2005, 22:01
Only a foolish American would say so!

You God-hating queer-enabling left wing hippie pinko terrorist lover!
Ifreann
27-11-2005, 22:01
You God-hating queer-enabling left wing hippie pinko terrorist lover!


Only a fascist Hitler loving peadophile would say something like that.
Foe Hammer
27-11-2005, 22:04
Are you implying that you kick babies just for the fun of it?!
New Genoa
27-11-2005, 22:04
Spoken like a true fringe-left anti-environment neo-fascist commiemutanttraitorscum.

(How'd I do?)

Sounds fine to me. Nonsensical, pointless, and impertinent to the topic at hand, well done!:sniper: (also, sniper smilies always help make your point seem cooler)
Baked Hippies
27-11-2005, 22:05
I love it. Finally someone gives me some REAL tips on how to win a political debate.
The South Islands
27-11-2005, 22:06
Sounds fine to me. Nonsensical, pointless, and impertinent to the topic at hand, well done!:sniper: (also, sniper smilies always help make your point seem cooler)
lol nose its doesnt, n00b@2!!!1!11

:sniper: :mp5: :sniper: :mp5: :fluffle: :mp5:
Ifreann
27-11-2005, 22:07
Are you implying that you kick babies just for the fun of it?!

That sounds like something a neo liberal jesus hating hermaphrodite who engages in peado-beastiality at the weekends would ask
The South Islands
27-11-2005, 22:08
That sounds like something a neo liberal jesus hating hermaphrodite who engages in peado-beastiality at the weekends would ask
And the award to worst post ever goes to Ifreann.

:p
Vetalia
27-11-2005, 22:10
Sounds fine to me. Nonsensical, pointless, and impertinent to the topic at hand, well done!:sniper: (also, sniper smilies always help make your point seem cooler)

No, nothing is more devastating than the

"ur a fucking idiot bcause u voted 4 bu$h/kerry/jesus:sniper::gundge: :upyours: "

Now, for fear of inciting any wrathful actions against me, I will refrain from ever using any of the above smilies ever again.
Ifreann
27-11-2005, 22:11
And the award to worst post ever goes to Ifreann.

:p

Woohoo!!!
Siggeded
Foxingsworth
27-11-2005, 22:15
Are you implying that you kick babies just for the fun of it?!


I don't know about you, but I kick babies for sport. Only bleeding-heart, I-love-all-of-God's-creatures-even-the-ugly-ones, baby-factories that don't know how to close their legs oppose baby-kicking. Them, and people without legs that are jealous because they're missing out on all the fun.
Zatarack
27-11-2005, 22:15
Woohoo!!!
Siggeded

It takes a layabout, unemployed by choice, worthless, pot-smoking, pinko-commie economy ruining, intolerant, religion hating, Nazi-loving, corporate brown nosing traitor to sig that.
Smunkeeville
27-11-2005, 22:32
suddenly the world in NSGeneral makes so much more sense to me..........
Ifreann
27-11-2005, 22:36
It takes a layabout, unemployed by choice, worthless, pot-smoking, pinko-commie economy ruining, intolerant, religion hating, Nazi-loving, corporate brown nosing traitor to sig that.

Perhaps,but it takes an anal-retentive,Stalin worshipping,Dog burning,drug selling,homophobic librecratic hippie that wipes his ass with the flag to notice something like that.
Zatarack
27-11-2005, 22:44
Perhaps,but it takes an anal-retentive,Stalin worshipping,Dog burning,drug selling,homophobic librecratic hippie that wipes his ass with the flag to notice something like that.

Only a rotund minded, silly billy, liberal-facist pinko hippy commie corporate brown noser, snot licking, burn-the-flag-to-ashes-that-you-mix-with-your-families-ashes-and-turn-into-soup-with-water, cannibas dealing, CIA flaming, intolerant, dog eating, homophobic, Hitler loving, Non-Yezidi satan worshipping, treachorous, Apollo disclaiming buffon could imagine that.
Foe Hammer
27-11-2005, 22:47
It takes a layabout, unemployed by choice, worthless, pot-smoking, pinko-commie economy ruining, intolerant, religion hating, Nazi-loving, corporate brown nosing traitor to sig that.
That's what your flip-flopping, Kerry-voting, fat, ugly bleeding-heart, "save the rainforest", flyer-throwing, commujist-neocon-uberliberal-Jesus-hating mom said last night while we were stabbing dolphins in the head with table knives.
Ifreann
27-11-2005, 22:48
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Teh_pantless_hero
27-11-2005, 22:49
I love it. Finally someone gives me some REAL tips on how to win a political debate.
Stick your fingers in your ears and go "la la la, la la la la, la la la" while your opponent is arguing.
Celtlund
27-11-2005, 22:51
*claps*

You forgot one; When you run out of debate material, blame Bush. :D
Zatarack
27-11-2005, 22:56
That's what your flip-flopping, Kerry-voting, fat, ugly bleeding-heart, "save the rainforest", flyer-throwing, commujist-neocon-uberliberal-Jesus-hating mom said last night while we were stabbing dolphins in the head with table knives.

If that's so bad, why were you killing dolphins with her, Nazi-loving, spitting-on-religion, pinko traitor?
New Genoa
28-11-2005, 01:04
Hmmm I suppose everyone liked point #4 the most, eh?
New Genoa
28-11-2005, 01:08
You forgot one; When you run out of debate material, blame Bush. :D

Exactly. For example:

(in the year 2036 AD)

"Did you hear about President Gorbenshleimer signing that anti-abortion bill?"

"DAMN YOU BUSH!"

or even

"The Yankees are better than the Red Sox, retard."

"The Yankees just buy their teams...because of Bush."
Kyleslavia
28-11-2005, 01:11
Ah yes, escape pod!
Marrakech II
28-11-2005, 05:46
This is one of the better threads I have seen in awhile.