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"I agree: It's the Wuflu, Cuomo sucks, Dems criticized Trump unfairly about the China ban, COVID statistics are basically fake, CDC guidance has been unreliable. But what I just can't stop thinking about is this: total deaths are WAY up!" (graph nxt tweet) https://twitter.com/PWGTennant/status/1304355229727633409
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As a very effective persuader, especially in in-person conversations, let me give you a hint on something:
You can only ever persuade someone of ONE THING AT A TIME. Which means to maximize odds of persuasion, you must concede EVERY point except the one you want to win.
You can only ever persuade someone of ONE THING AT A TIME. Which means to maximize odds of persuasion, you must concede EVERY point except the one you want to win.
"Look, I agree that Q is a hero-- but deaths are way up and they're still way up so it's definitely not safe for you to go to the breakfast club yet auntie."
Sometimes you get this. Rebutting is easy. "Look, I agree lockdowns have led to some serious problems, rioters have caused a HUGE murder wave.... but, huh, these deaths are happening in the exact weeks and states where "official" COVID deaths happen"
This isn't hypothetical by the way. I've done this now literally 9 or 10 times and I have a 100% success rate when done in person or over the phone with someone I know. In every case, the convo ends with a discussion of what additional precautions to take.
There was one case where I succeeded in persuading the person of the risks but the person then responded that, well, they had lived a long life and this would be preferable to their other likely eventual cause of death. So I persuaded them but their condition was unique.
And if your beef is you could never bring yourself to critique BLM or grant any of the concessions a person might need you to make in order to establish trust and a foundation of agreement....
... maybe you're just not that interested in actually persuading them.
... maybe you're just not that interested in actually persuading them.
For those sensitive souls who cannot imagine making concessions, one rhetorical strategy is, "Look, maybe Q is a hero and Nancy Pelosi runs a pedophile ring; I dunno, I haven't looked into it, but all-cause mortality is definitely way above usual."
It hurts to say "I don't know" but it's often a good thing to say especially when you literally don't know. I mean, the odds of Q being real seem to me to be about 0.5%, but epistemologically speaking, I don't *know*.
