Ben Shapiro: Follow These 10 Rules When Debating Leftists

YouTube via PhilosophyInsights ^ | May 10, 2017 | Ben Shapiro

[VRW Conspirator]

Ben Shapiro gives some insightful advice on how to debate a Leftist in this 21 minute video. For instance, he uses the term Leftist instead of Liberal. He also describes socialism in one concise statement.

[VRW Conspirator]

Yes, he is a NeverTrumper who has barely come around, but this is good stuff. And no, I am in no way associated with the person(s) who published this.

[onedoug]

He had told Dennis Prager in an interview that he was all in for Trump.

[GOP Poet]

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[niteowl77]

he uses the term Leftist instead of Liberal

Something which more of us should do. I still slip into using "lib" once in a while, but have found that using "leftist" doesn't faze the wild-eyed ravers, but the soccer moms/dads often get flustered.

[crusher2013]

Don’t ever use their terms, they are dishonest and by changing the definitions they attempt to control the debate.

Another Example, use “Free Market” instead of Capitalism.

The “ism” words are from the left.

[jonrick46]

I call them Marxists. However, calling them Lefties is good too. They hate the stigma of being associated with those who are left-handed. It turns their bigotry against them.

[IncPen]

Socialism:

"You work, I'll eat"

[AndyJackson]

Rules:

1. Walk towards the firefight and shoot first. Steal the initiative.
2. Frame leftists as the bad people they are. They have an evil philosophy of taking stuff from productive people while contributing nothing. They know this so leftists try to frame themsleves as superior people.
3. Frame the debate, e.g. why do you think a child doesn't deserve a mother and a father?
4. Attack inconsistencies in the left's arguments. What the left actually believes is reprehensible so that they evade their real beliefs.
5. Force the left to answer questions. Take the offense. If you are on the defense you are losing. Put them on the defense. Leftists hate answering questions. It forces them to think which is not their strong suit.
6. Don't get distracted by the lefts red-herrings. E.g. Obama's foreign policy is terrible. The left responds well...Bush, which is irrelevant to the here and now. Don't follow them down their rabbit holes.
7. If you don't know something admit it right off the bat. [digression into Trump bashing which is a red herring from his own argument]. The left doesn't know many facts, but they usually know one, however irrelevant.
8. Don't get sucked into the paradigm of justifying positions that you don't like and don't hold, e.g. don't defend RR on amnesty or ... Don't idoloize politicians.
9. Immigration reform doesn't equal you hate Mexicans. The left picks terms that you have to like...E.g. are you for hope and change? Make the left clarify its terms.
10. Body language matters. If you get angry you lose. Democrats train in body language. E.g. BJC's elevator button push to make a point rather than coming across as lecturing or being accusatory.

[Vic S]

he uses the term Leftist instead of Liberal

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Something which more of us should do. I still slip into using “lib” once in a while, but have found that using “leftist” doesn’t faze the wild-eyed ravers, but the soccer moms/dads often get flustered.

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And if you really want to emphasize a point, use radical leftist, or far left. Similar to phrasing they use for everyone on the right.

[Henry Hnyellar]

But he thinks it was good that the FBI had a spy in the Trump campaign. He’s not our friend.

[PGalt]

OK until his 7th point...an IRRATIONAL, OUTRAGEOUS attack on President Donald J. Trump...I’ll leave it at that.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Shapiro is a false-flag conservative. He’s really on the other side.

[gattaca]

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[onedoug]

A grain of salt, to be sure.

[CapnJack]

Rule #1: Don’t bother debating a Neo-Marxist. They are irrational lunatics. It will get you nowhere.

[BobL]

Yea, I’ve been using that for a while on other sites, and correct, they don’t like it, but that’s who they are. I’m also careful to say “Leftists” rather than “The Left”. By saying “Leftists” (with a capital ‘L’), you force the people disagreeing with you to implicitly admit they are Leftists, since those are who you’re attacking...it’s really fun.

[sheana]

And none of this is going to change their beliefs or their minds so why bother?

I don’t argue with idiots.

[Yaelle]

It’s from Dennis. Dennis is always careful to say “the left” or “leftists” and I’ve started doing it too. There may be very few liberals these days, as the left stole that word. But a liberal accepts all viewpoints and ideas even if he doesn’t share them. A liberal welcomes open expression of belief. A liberal reveres freedom of speech.

[Yaelle]

Thank you so much for writing them out. I almost never have the ability to watch / hear videos.

[VRW Conspirator]

Another example:

Wealth Redistribution. As if wealth was unjustly distributed to begin with.