This is a hoot! The scary thing is that it is so accurate. Having argued with lots of these folks the standard strategy, totally severed from any thought is: Liberal 1) make an assertion, 2) when facts are presented by your interlocutor make an accusation, or 3) assign a motivation to your interlocutor and dismiss their views, or 4) Change the subject and accuse your interlocutor of something citing something they never said, if pressed to the wall 5) accuse your interlocutor of PICK ONE [ Fascism, Homophobia, Racism, Nazism, Right Wing Extremism, etc. ] 6) Return to (1) and continue.
The one requirement is not to actually engage in anything resembling discourse. I've developed quite a collection of experiences talking to these folks in internet discourse and it pretty much plays out that way. If they actually respond directly to a point it is exceptional. It is occasionally fun to do them back at them because it really gets them mad, but I suppose that is not very charitable, but then you don't get any points from them for being charitable, even fewer for being right.
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