Sometimes I’ll just be like ‘you’re not a high school social studies teacher, you don’t need a works cited page. Either believe it or not.’ Other times I’ll point out their pattern of behavior and argument strategy before they even get to the final stage, where they say since it didn’t come from a reputable source it doesn’t count. They don’t seem to grasp all of their beliefs are being influenced by propaganda sources so of course any real news will seem strange to them. They’re interesting creatures.
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Yep, this is a common tactic of theirs.
My favorite one is when they say use “not all!” or some variation of that. Like, when I speak against abortion, they always jump to “but but but what about rape?!!!!!”
Another one is “now you don’t know for sure that’s happening” as they make a bunch of statements that they don’t know is for sure.
How can they all use the exact same tactics? It’s almost eerie that so many people from all over the vast country are so programmed to be the same.
Well, they’re mostly arriving at their conclusions by the same means. When you think of Wokeism as a religion, it kind of makes sense. Most of the people who believe the leftist talking points don’t really understand the first principles that generate them, like casual church-goers who may know the faith but don’t fully understand it. We end up in situations where we are essentially trying to convince the secular equivalent of Evangelical Baby Christians to renounce their faith that they only really understand in a secondhand way.
Interesting concept. I don't understand people who demand perfection and work assiduously for success in their business life but believe whatever the hell they're told about politics. Where is the intellectual curiosity they normally employ?
Thank Hollywood.
Social media. Just learn the script, don't worry about the facts.
They've seen someone else do it, and then do it themselves.
Like... toddlers.
Just made a very similar comment to this lol, I'd love more discussion on this because it's scary how true it is.
My own mother has come at me with these scripted predictable responses that contradict everything she knows about certain topics (islam, Trump, etc.), it can't just be media articles right??
This has been a thing way before social media too, biggest example would be people responding to any criticism of Islam with "Not all muslims are terrorists".
If they bring up rape, tell them that male victims of rape don't have a choice in parenthood.
You can talk to them about how Islam encourages and supports having sex with children and marrying children and they'll come back with "But not all muslims are terrorists!!"
Their responses are always scripted bot answers and I wonder where they all get their scripts from because they're always so predictable.
use the 1-2% pregnancy cases attributed to rape or incest to justify the 98-99% of the other cases.
Its like the reverse of their anti-gun arguments: "if it just saves one life....." but for guns only, not children.