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13 Jun 19
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How to Win an Argument – Dos, Don’ts and Sneaky Tactics
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Stay calm.
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Use facts as evidence for your position.
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Ask questions.
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Use logic. Show how one idea follows another. Build your case and use logic to undermine your opponent.
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Appeal to higher values.
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Shouldn’t we all be working to make the world better and safer for our children?’
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Listen carefully.
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Be prepared to concede a good point.
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agree with you that prison does not reform prisoners. That is generally true but prison still acts effectively as a deterrent and a punishment.’
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Study your opponent
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Look for a win-win
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Don’t
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Get personal.
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Get distracted.
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Water down your strong arguments with weak ones.
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Some Sneaky Ways to Consider
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Use punchy one-liners
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- That is beside the point.
- You’re being defensive.
- Don’t compare apples and oranges.
- What are your parameters?
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Ridicule and humiliate your opponent. This can be very effective in front of an audience but will never win over the opponent himself.
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Deliberately provoke your adversary. Find something that makes them angry and keep wheedling away on this point until they lose their temper and so the argument.
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Distract. Throw in diversions which deflect the other person from their main point.
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Exaggerate your opponent’s position. Take it way beyond its intended level and then show how ridiculous and unreasonable the exaggerated position is.
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Contradict confidently. 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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How to Have a Productive Argument
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The Bottom Line
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argument between two people is very different from a debate
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n the first, you are trying to win over the other person, so look for ways of building consensus and do not be belligerent in making your points.
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In front of an audience, you can use all sorts of theatrical and rhetorical devices to bolster your case and belittle your adversary
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In these circumstances, humor is a highly effective tool so prepare some clever lines in advance.
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19 Jan 16
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- Use punchy one-liners. You can sometimes throw your opponent out of his stride by interjecting a confident, concise cliché. Here are some good ones:
- That begs the question.
- That is beside the point.
- You’re being defensive.
- Don’t compare apples and oranges.
- What are your parameters?
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Distract. Throw in diversions which deflect the other person from their main point.
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Exaggerate your opponent’s position. Take it way beyond its intended level and then show how ridiculous and unreasonable the exaggerated position is.
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Contradict confidently. 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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13 May 14
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Stay calm. Even if you get passionate about your point you must stay cool and in command of your emotions. If you lose your temper – you lose.
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‘What evidence do you have for that claim?’
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‘What is about this that makes you so angry?’
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‘That is an entirely different issue which I am happy to discuss later. For the moment let’s deal with the major issue at hand.’
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Low, sneaky ways that some people use to win arguments:
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17 Feb 13
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Distract. Throw in diversions which deflect the other person from their main point.
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Exaggerate your opponent’s position. Take it way beyond its intended level and then show how ridiculous and unreasonable the exaggerated position is.
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Contradict confidently. 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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darwinianvisionm - i don't care for most of the tactics, including the Do's, because they do not help to build a rapport and come to a joint understanding. These tactics are ways to win an argument when you do not care about the relationship
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Adriana ContrerasTips on how to win an argument
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mavflyThere is not much point in having brilliant ideas if we cannot persuade people of their value. Persuasive debaters can win arguments using the force of
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mark vansome good points in here: calm, facts as evidence, ask Qs, use logic, appeal to higher values, listen carefully, concede good pts, study opponent,
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