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Reply #1: Use Irony and humor, arguing with the other side is pretty unproductive. [View All]

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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-11 10:26 AM
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1. Use Irony and humor, arguing with the other side is pretty unproductive.
Arguments generally shore up support in the choir and in people leaning toward the choir.

A LOT of good can be done by providing accurate information. But even there psychologists tell us that even when confronted with the truth an opponent will just become more intransigent. Reason fails.

So my advice is to penetrate the armor of the opposition using something they don't expect and aren't ready to reject--humor and irony.

The people on your side will love it, and it can get to the opponents in a way that direct argument cannot.
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