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How to ruin Christmas: A holiday guide to arguing with conservative relatives

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Dark_Falcon12/25/2013 12:20:09 pm PST

My reply:

If you’re conservative, ignore the Culture War issues in the article and focus on Obamacare. It just had its enrollment deadline extended again and people are still reporting problems. Use that to engage those who you can reach. Don’t engage the actual progressives at the table too much; You’re not going to win the other side’s true believers over. Concentrate on those people you can win over.

Don’t fling insults ,but answer them effectively. If someone left-of-center starts insulting you and will not back down, ‘congratulate’ him or her on Barack Obama’s ‘If you like your plan, you can keep it.’ line being named Politafact’s Lie of the Year. If there any crazy Dems running for office where you live, invoke them to summon the Magical Balance Fairy to fend off attacks on GOP party officeholders.

So in short, fight clear and focused on Obamacare, but if the other side insists on fighting dirty strike hard while maintain your offensive against the main target.