Good. Now we can move on to Lesson #2 - it's called "Structuring an Argument".
I'll give you an example then you can try with the
Liberalism is a mental disorder assertion.
I happen to believe that Right-Wing ideology in its extreme form is a degenerative disease of which Conservatism is an early symptom. In fact it is non-human - perhaps literally if there is such a being as Satan though we need not stray into theology here. It is enough to say it is
anti-human.
I would use examples to prove my point:
1) In extreme cases (and not so extreme) Right-WIng ideologies centre around 'dehumanizing' others.
The Nazis treatment of Jews would be one example though today there are similar dehumanisings happening with Muslims.
This is Right-wing.
Another example: even on not so extreme levels there is no compassion in Right-wing thought for the fellow man. In fact it is mocked;
People who do not like killing and war are 'peaceniks' or 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys'.
People who want to save our natural habitat are 'tree huggers' or some other more offensive epithet.
No compassion...a sign of non-humanity.
And it IS Right-wing. No leftie on here does it..they are the ones derided for taking the opposite positions.
Can you show me a current left-wing group spewing race hate and Islamophobia? No. They are all Right.
Can you show me a current Right-wing opposition group against racism and hate? No. they are all Left.
No compassion.
Another example: one of our main human characteristics is the ability to create art and literature. The creative act. It is what makes us human but also it is closely linked to appreciation of our fellow man and heritage of common humanity.
But there is hardly any Right-wing art or literature worthy of the name.
If pressed a winger would inevitably say 'Ayn Rand' (they always do if asked sufficient questions - a dog would say 'bone' a lot if it could talk) but Ayn Rand is not literature. It is not great. It is a blemish on the human condition - a stain if you will. A rancid and festering blot on the pure azure of human endeavour.
In fact the writing is so ball-curdlingly bad that one often suspects it is a joke - perhaps a kind of barometer - a CIA experiment that was designed to identify wingnuts. Something so excruciatingly embarrassing both inn terms of cod-philosophy and amateur writing that only wingnuts would appreciate it and so signal to each other or to the authorities...a kind of Masonic handshake of the truly lame.
But I digress.... there are virtually no Right-wing cultural contributions... this is because they do not VALUE culture. Just as they do not value OTHER CULTURES. Just as they do not value the place where they live. Or the planet. Or anything much at all.
And that is inhuman.
See what I did there? Now your turn.....equivalents on the Left. Back up your argument with rational debate.
So, because I refuse to "debate" you, I am pursuing a "non-human" agenda.
