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| ** Such comparisons are often very complex and make a poor basis for analogy | ** Such comparisons are often very complex and make a poor basis for analogy | ||
| * Don't give them anything to attack you on except the facts | * Don't give them anything to attack you on except the facts | ||
| − | * If you make a mistake, admit it,  | + | * If you make a mistake, admit it, apologise if appropriate and move on | 
Revision as of 04:05, 19 January 2014
- Don't bother debating with feminists
- They may or may not be open to alternative viewpoints but it doesn't really matter
 
- Bypass them and advocate to people who are yet to commit to one side or the other, the media and politicians
- Men, because they are the ones at risk now
- The media, because they still have access to a large audience
- Politicians because they are the ones who can change the laws
Debating
- Always take the high ground when debating
- Stick to the facts
- If you can't back it up I don't say it
- Never ever make ad hominem attacks
- When someone makes an ad hominem attack they are conceding their opponent's point
- If they could attack the argument on merit they would be better off doing so
- Better to say nothing than to get personal
 
- If you say that someone is wrong you need to back it up, ideally with multiple sources
- If you are expressing an opinion make it clear that it is an opinion
- Don't draw parallels between different sorts of discrimination
- Such comparisons are often very complex and make a poor basis for analogy
 
- Don't give them anything to attack you on except the facts
- If you make a mistake, admit it, apologise if appropriate and move on