Conservatives Need to Stop Playing Defense

[mystery-ak]

January 21, 2020
Conservatives Need to Stop Playing Defense
By Simon de Hundehutte

The problem for conservatives debating progressives and leftists is that those on the far left always choose the playing field.  Using a sports analogy, progressives wisely choose a baseball field for a confrontation, putting conservatives at a decisive disadvantage.  Conservatives need to stop playing progressives in baseball and start playing them in football.

Think about it:  In football, your opponent can start out with the ball on offense, but suddenly have it taken away by a pass interception or by recovering a fumble.  Now, your team is on offense and in a position to score.  In fact, in all major team sports -- football, basketball, hockey, soccer -- in all of them, you can actually score on defense -- by taking the ball (or puck) away from the other team and going in for a goal (or basket).  Baseball is the only sport where you can only score on offense.  One team gets to bat, score as many runs as possible before making three outs, then the other team gets to bat and score.  I mean, a player in the field can't suddenly knock over a runner who's rounding third base and then run down the line himself, cross home plate, and score a run for his team, right?

So, how does this sports' analogy carry over into debating and, in a larger sense, effecting changes in the culture?

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[PeteS in CA]

Just be prepared to be impeached if you do.

[GtHawk]

Well I'm Game, but I really don't know how I could be more offensive than I already am. 

[Wingnut]

Well I'm Game, but I really don't know how I could be more offensive than I already am. 

You need to try harder.  I know I have!   

[rangerrebew]

January 21, 2020
Conservatives Need to Stop Playing Defense
By Simon de Hundehutte

The problem for conservatives debating progressives and leftists is that those on the far left always choose the playing field.  Using a sports analogy, progressives wisely choose a baseball field for a confrontation, putting conservatives at a decisive disadvantage.  Conservatives need to stop playing progressives in baseball and start playing them in football.

Think about it: in football, your opponent can start out with the ball on offense but suddenly have it taken away by a pass interception or by recovering a fumble.  Now, your team is on offense and in a position to score.  In fact, in the vast majority of major team sports — football, basketball, hockey, soccer — in all of them, you can actually score on defense — by taking the ball (or puck) away from the other team and going in for a goal (or basket).  Baseball is the only sport where you can score only on offense.  One team gets to bat, to score as many runs as possible before making three outs, then the other team gets to bat and score.  I mean, a player in the field can't suddenly knock over a runner who's rounding third base and then run down the line himself, cross home plate, and score a run for his team, right?

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/conservatives_need_to_stop_playing_defense.html

[EdinVA]

A conservative vs a leftist debate?  That is like a dog barking at his reflection in the mirror.
The objective of a debate is to persuade and inform which requires listening and neither will do that.
Neither one can get past their own purity test.

[Bigun]

A conservative vs a leftist debate?  That is like a dog barking at his reflection in the mirror.
The objective of a debate is to persuade and inform which requires listening and neither will do that.
Neither one can get past their own purity test.

Hell @EdinVA Conservatives, as a group, cannot even define what conservatism is.  They will argue endlessly about that alone.

[PeteS in CA]

@rangerrebew, duplicate thread, merging with previous.

[GtHawk]

Hell @EdinVA Conservatives, as a group, cannot even define what conservatism is.  They will argue endlessly about that alone.

Apparently conservatism is like porn, no one can really describe it but we all know it when we see it!

Takes me back in time to when the Buena Park PD raided the Pussycat theater every time a new movie was featured because the entire force had to ever so painstakingly view it to try and determine if it porn or art