Tell your friend that without snark or sarcasm, you will go through the talking points of their position. And then list, without snark, a straight face list of everything the media has said. Then ask him, to tell you, without snark or sarcasm, why you think there is something else going on.
The same thing works with covid. Regurgitate the talking points, and then say, now, can you tell me, without snark or sarcasm, what experts I have been listening to, and why I trust them?
It really points out how bigoted their views really are when they can't respond in kind.
Thankyou Magglepuss - I most certainly will do as you have advised. This person is worth it, most of them are to be truthful. It is just breath taking the depth of their emotion. Have seen memes in the last two days which are very accurate - we don't have their emotions and it is like C19 in the very early days. We are aged to it.
Conservatives are offended by the term “talking points”, since we see it as regurgitated conditioning (which it is), but many libs see the term “talking points” as simply staying on point.
Something I have done before is this:
Tell your friend that without snark or sarcasm, you will go through the talking points of their position. And then list, without snark, a straight face list of everything the media has said. Then ask him, to tell you, without snark or sarcasm, why you think there is something else going on.
The same thing works with covid. Regurgitate the talking points, and then say, now, can you tell me, without snark or sarcasm, what experts I have been listening to, and why I trust them?
It really points out how bigoted their views really are when they can't respond in kind.
Thankyou Magglepuss - I most certainly will do as you have advised. This person is worth it, most of them are to be truthful. It is just breath taking the depth of their emotion. Have seen memes in the last two days which are very accurate - we don't have their emotions and it is like C19 in the very early days. We are aged to it.
I want to add, of course don't call them talking points. Just list their concerns the media has brainwashed them with.
Conservatives are offended by the term “talking points”, since we see it as regurgitated conditioning (which it is), but many libs see the term “talking points” as simply staying on point.