Sneaky Ways to Consider
- Use punchy one-liners, like: That begs the question. That is beside the point. You’re being defensive. Don’t compare apples and oranges.
- Ridicule and humiliate your opponent. This can be very effective in front of an audience.
- Deliberately provoke your adversary until they lose their temper and so the argument.
- Throw in diversions that deflect the other person from their main point.
- Exaggerate your opponent’s position and then show how ridiculous and unreasonable the exaggerated position is.
- Vigorously denounce each of your opponent’s arguments as fallacious but just select one or two that you can defeat to prove the point. Then assume that you have won.
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