Republican Debate
Tactics
Do not explain, if the facts are on your side assert and cite (disproved by Snopes and Politifact).
Challenge their assumption but argue as though they already agree with yours.
Don't fight on minutia, always force the larger issue; the GOP has stood on the grounds of racism and exploitation of the poor since Goldwater. The modern GOP is a hate group.
Attack dropped points. If the argument shifts, push it back and force a concession on the point.
If there is an audience, address them directly. Acknowledge the show and shut it down.
Attack Authority and In-Group, this is the heart of the issue.
Concise
- Blocked due process for 293 days then elected a rapist who appointed a rapist
- Calling republicans racist is a compliment because it ignores the misogyny, xenophobia and homophobia.
- Assert foundation fascism, then when accepted, tag it as such
- ruling class
- ultra-nationalism
- fictional idealized past
- Undermine authority
- historic harms (racism, colonialism)
- Undermine in-group
- call out racism, xenophobia
- eugenics
- separate speaker from the republicans on some dimension
- Conservatism is diet fascism
- Food on table --> cut 700k food stamps
- Pushing Pseudospeciation for pro-war and xenophobia
- Asymmetric Polarization
- Filibuster used under Obama more than 1950-1970 (how many more than more recent?)
Stats
- Under Trump, uninsured went from 10.9% to 13.7%
Major Lies
- Anyone wants a test can get a test
Diverse Sources
Leopards ate my face
- Rural Americans who voted for Trump to cut spending upset when Trump cuts funding for rural schools
- Pre-corona: You can afford things if you want them enough, just stop buying lattes; Post corona: My partner and I were laid off with no warning and can't afford our rent (you should stop buying lattes)
- Larry Summers 2020: Why can't we make swabs and test kits; Larry Summers 2011: We shouldn't be afraid of outsourcing and offshoring