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ZombieHorde

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2. On the political forums of DU, there are people who are for President Obama,

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 02:01 PM

Dec 2011

and there are people who are against President Obama.

Different posters have different reasons for their opinions on President Obama, and many of the people on the "same side" contradict each other, even though each individual may be very consistent.

This causes the dilemma in your reply. "The other" is not a unified group. You want to argue against your opponents, but your opponents have different reasons, and different opinions on the subject at hand. This may cause some frustration.

One way to avoid this dilemma is to not argue against groups of people, but to rather argue against ideas, other arguments, individual people, or a unified organization. Otherwise, you're right. You can't win, because you'll just be screaming in the wind.

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Oh, those angry feminists... [View all] redqueen Dec 2011 OP

You know . . . JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #1

On the political forums of DU, there are people who are for President Obama, ZombieHorde Dec 2011 #2

Interestingly... redqueen Dec 2011 #3

Noted redqueen JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #6

as every man in the movie sexualizes this "perfect victim" at every point seabeyond Dec 2011 #4

I admire strong women libodem Dec 2011 #5

And in terms of emotional and verbal abuse JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #7

It is wonderful to be listened to libodem Dec 2011 #8

No problem JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #9