Dynamic Duo Debater Pillows

'Are you still mad at me for calling you a creep in my letter to 'Dear Abby'?'

"Just keep quiet and listen to what we have to say."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Now that's a win."

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

"Maybe the unseen hand of the market will change the diaper."

"Objection! Pummelling the witness."

Donald Trump

'I'm terribly worried, Doctor - he doesn't talk back to Bill O'Reilly any more.'

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."

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"Does the N.R.A. know about this?"

"Yes, Robert. Reasonable people can have different interpretations of things, but not this thing."

"Of course, that's just my opinion. If you want my professional opinion it will cost you."

Arrogant junior barrister

"Be afraid my friends...if the government takes over your healthcare, you're going to be left with nothing!"

Got Rationality?

"I want to forewarn you—tonight's topic seems to be phallocentrism, and Jessica is in a take-no-prisoners mood."

Like Minded

"How do I know God is not real? For the same reason I know people on TV can't see me."

And now, for a rebuttal.

"Afterward, there will be a short Q. and A. that will be just long enough for one person to take up too much of it."

"I thought you'd take up something like gardening in your retirement, not parkour."

"Listen, that's a Tang Dynasty urn we just broke."

'My opponent hates cats.'

Global warming debate.

'They profiled me just because I'm a bank robber!'