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To: golfer72 who wrote (791867)	7/7/2025 8:58:16 AM
From: Maple MAGA	6 Recommendations Recommended By aladin isopatch J.B.C. locogringo Mick Mørmøny and 1 more member Respond to of 794050

We both have a lot of practice on the other thread. It is amazing how easy it is to win an argument in real life versus the keyboard warriors here on SI. The Art of the Argument, Trump-style. Big league. Read this, memorize it, and you’ll never lose a debate again — not to a liberal, not to a fake expert, not to anyone. 1. Stay Cool — Be the Winner in the Room If you lose your temper, you lose the crowd. I don’t lose my cool — they lose it. Look calm. Sound strong. Be the adult in the room while they melt down like toddlers. 2. Ask “How Do You Know That?” — Watch Them Crash This is a killer. Ask them how they know something. They don’t. They read it on BuzzFeed or heard it on CNN. Game over. You just exposed the hoax. 3. Own the Stage — Define the Fight Don’t argue on their terms. Reframe it. “This isn’t about climate change—it’s about control. Power. Government overreach!” Boom. You just turned the whole thing around. It’s your show now. 4. One Perfect Fact — Drop It Like a Bomb Don’t throw 50 stats at them. Just one devastating truth. Something they can’t spin. Like, “Under my policies, we had the lowest unemployment in history.” They’ll try to pivot — they’ll fail. 5. Flip It Back — Use Their Logic to Humiliate Them “So if we followed your plan, we’d destroy the economy and have open borders? That’s what you want?” Watch them stutter. It’s beautiful. It’s argument judo — but classy. 6. Pretend to Agree, Then Slam Dunk Say, “I respect your concern for fairness.” Then add: “Which is why your idea is so unfair to hardworking Americans.” Classic move. It confuses them. Makes you sound reasonable. Then BOOM. 7. Use Silence Like a Pro Say something powerful. Then stop talking. Let them squirm. Watch them fill the silence with garbage. They will talk themselves into a corner. You just sip your Diet Coke and smile. 8. Expose Their Hypocrisy — No Mercy “Oh, so you believe in science—unless it’s biology?” “You care about the poor—but live in a gated mansion?” Just keep handing them mirrors. Eventually, even they get embarrassed. (Or cry.) 9. Don’t Get Personal First — But Be Ready to Strike You don’t attack first. You give them a chance. But if they insult you? Hit back 10x harder. Not mean, just truthful. “You couldn’t manage a lemonade stand.” Crowd goes wild. 10. Exit Like a Boss — Leave Them Speechless Make your final point. Make it sharp. Memorable. Like: “You’re entitled to your opinion… but facts don’t care about your feelings.” Then walk away like you just closed the biggest deal of your life.