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Political argument #1: I’ll take down the worst version of your argument, while claiming you ignore the best of mine.
Political argument #2: I’ll let you make your claim, grievance, whatever, then answer with a clever putdown.
Political argument #3: I’ll pretend I didn’t hear what you said and bring up another subject.
Political argument #4: I’ll find minor fault with your sources and use it to denounce your entire project.
Political argument #5: I won’t bother to read any of your sources. I’ll just say what others say about them.
Political argument #6: I’ll avoid real answers by saying your argument is “problematic,” “discredited,” etc.
Political argument #7: I’ll have my people shout louder than your people.
Political argument #8: I’ll denounce your claims by calling you elitist, even though I’m just another brand of elitist.
Political argument #9: I’ll promise things I can’t deliver and ding you for not delivering what you did (or didn’t) promise.
Political argument #10: I just say whatever the heck I want and say your objections mean you’re weak.
Political argument #11: I’ll listen to your arguments and just say we’ve already heard it (and still won’t answer).
Political argument #12: I’ll roll my eyes at your claims while signaling my office manager to burn the files.
Political argument #13: I’ll answer charges of wrongdoing by saying nothing has been proven, as if that addressed the charge.
Political argument #14: I don’t have an argument, but I’ll mention free stuff and see what happens.
Political argument #15: I make four wild claims, manage some proof for the last, and make it seem as if I proved them all.
