"I worry that the king's constant lying and his attacks on our societal norms and institutions is coarsening the civic discourse deemed essential by enlightened people everywhere!"
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"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."
Dialogue
"The best part is that we got hell to pay for it."
The Government's Got Your Back. And Wants Your Front As Well.
"Now that's a win."
Trappist Monk Discord
"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."
"That's six 'noes' and one 'aye', the ayes have it"
"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"
'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'
Netanyahu versus Gantz
Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.
The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'
"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"
"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."
"It's something new I've been trying. Social scientists call it 'Productive Disagreement.'"
'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'
"In this one, references to everything have been deleted."
"If I vote my conscience, it's Sanders. If I vote my pocketbook, it's Trump. If I vote my emotions, it's Hillary. If I vote my anger, it's Cruz..."
Crooked Hillary... Pig... Sad!... Not a Ten!...
A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.
"How do I know God is not real? For the same reason I know people on TV can't see me."
Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.
Like Minded
You're on "Ask Sadie." What's your problem?! Super delegates. A candidate could win the most votes in the primaries but lose anyway of the superdelegates want someone else! Can you believe that? Oh stop yer sniveling. In my day, the parties chose candidates in smoke-filled backrooms without even pretending the people get a vote. At least this charade gets you out of the house. Gets the blood pumping. I guess.
The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September
And now, for a rebuttal.
Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt
Global warming debate.
Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions
The last word.
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Woke Jersey Shore
"If they shorten political campaigns, what will we do for entertainment?"
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