It is almost impossible to use #4 against the left because their own book of rules is so ever-changing that you can never pin them down.
* RULE 5: Ridicule is mans most potent weapon. There is no defense. Its irrational. Its infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
This may be the best and only weapon WE have to counter them.
This is why the left cannot govern. They have no principles for guidance, only grievances. Much better as agitators.