Recently started following this guy on X for his stuff on explaining the relationships between men and women and why it's so hard for younger men to find women these days, but he posted this banger of a post just now. I'll post the link to the post below, but here's the quoted text:
| hoe_math @ItIsHoeMath HOW TO END SUBVERSIVE ARGUMENTS You're gonna want to write this one down: If you're ever "arguing" or "debating" with a zombie or other NPC that makes points like "boys are actually girls if you're not Hitler" or something like that, lead the "debate" through these steps: 1. Ask: "What do you want to actually physically happen because of your argument?" No abstract hot air. "What actions should be taken? Who should take them?" So for example, "I want you so say out loud that boys are girls as long as they say so." 2. Ask: "How does this benefit me?" Why would these actions be good for you? What do you GET out of it? If they say "It's not about you, it's about the victims!" go to 3. If they tell you something they think would be good for you, go to 4. 3. Say: "I don't care about them. I care about who I want, not about who YOU want. This would be bad for me and the people I care about, so I oppose it." If they tell you that you HAVE TO care, ask: "do you also have to care about others?" If NO, now they have to explain why you need to care but they don't. You win. If YES, say: "but if you cared about me, you wouldn't want things that are bad for me." You win. 4. Say: "I don't want that, I think that's bad." Now they cannot say "it's a good thing." You have said you don't want it, so it's bad for you. If they tell you it's good, just say: "no, if I don't like it then it's bad, because that's what bad means. It's when you don't like." If they tell you you SHOULD like it, ask: "if you can tell me what I have to like, can I tell YOU what YOU have to like?" If YES, tell them to take your position. You win. If NO, now they have to explain why they make morals for you but not you for them. You win. --------fin--------- 100% of subversive arguments work the same way. They begin by making judgments FOR you. Instead of engaging with those judgments, just make your own. "I don't like it" is an argument. "I don't want that to happen." That's actually the best argument there is. |