It's just one more prong of the multi-front socialist attack on true American values. They are attempting to make us all believe that up is down, black is white, "Freedom is slavery(1)," and "Work will make you free(2)."
(1) 1984, by George Orwell.
(2) "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign above the Auschwitz gates.
Don't let them get away with it a little bit. Ask them if they have dangerous chemicals in their house. No? What about bleach, insect spray, gasoline, ammonia, etc. Don't you know what the results can be if those are mixed in the right combinations?
Use the Bill Clinton/O.J. Simpson defense: deny, deny, deny, make counteraccusations. Or put another way, never defend, always attack. Don't ever attempt to defend your lifestyle. If you do, you place your core beliefs up for debate. Instead, attack them, and if possible, from directions they don't expect. I read an interesting article on debating with the intellectually dishonest once, and here are a few of the steps the author recommended:
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If you're not a little bit uncomfortable with your position, it isn't radical enough. How can you be TOO principled? Take the most extreme position you can -- you're claiming territory
you won't have to fight for later, mostly with your "allies".
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Let the other guy offer compromises. Think of them as rungs on a ladder. Keep your own goals fixed firmly in your mind and make sure you never move any direction but upward. That's how
the other side got where they are. It works.
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Never aim at anything but total achievement of your goal: utter capitulation of the enemy. Every effort involves inertia and mechanical losses, so adopting any lesser objective means
partial defeat. Total victory means you don't have to fight the same fight again tomorrow.
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Second thoughts, failure of confidence, nervous last-minute course-changes are all detours and recipes for defeat. The time to think is before the battle -- if possible, before the war -- not in the heat of it.
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The shortest path to victory is a straight line. He who remains most consistent wins.
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Go straight to the heart of the enemy's greatest strength. Break that and you break him. You can mop up the flanks and stragglers later, and they may even surrender, saving you a lot of effort.
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Always attack in "perpendicular" fashion, from an unconventional and unexpected (but relevant) direction. The enemy will be unprepared; you can strike him with your full strength while he finds nothing to attack effectively.
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Remain the judge of your own actions. Never surrender that position by default. When the enemy screams "Foul!" the loudest, you know you're doing him the most damage. Those who help him scream are also the enemy.
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If you can avoid it, never play on the other guy's field, by the other guy's rules, or with the other guy's ball. He didn't design his system to give you the advantage. Remember that
organisms defending their own territory are twice as effective as an intruding attacker.
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cont'd.