Sure, you’re always going to get some lib disagreeing with you. You’re not going to convince some lib reply guy, but you might convince some skeptical person reading along. And lurkers far outnumber posters.
Here’s how these conversations play out for that skeptical person:
Leftist: Castro freed slaves.
Lib: Cuba freed its slaves in 1886, you don’t know Basic History.
Skeptical person: [Googles “when did Cuba free its slaves,” finds 1886, disregards leftist and whatever else they argue.]
Or,
Leftist: Even the guy who invaded Cuba said Bautista was a monster and the Revolution was a popular uprising, here’s a link.
Lib: That was before the firing squads.
Leftist: Shooting the enforcers of a monstrous dictator is good, actually.
Skeptical person: [Clicks on link, “huh Kennedy really did say that, I guess Bautista really was that bad” keeps listening.]
I’m suggesting a skeptical person will do some minimal amount of checking on a claim they don’t immediately believe. When they see someone say Cuba had slaves in 1959, they’ll google it. When they see someone provide a link to a speech and summarize it, they’ll skim the link.
Sure, you’re always going to get some lib disagreeing with you. You’re not going to convince some lib reply guy, but you might convince some skeptical person reading along. And lurkers far outnumber posters.
Here’s how these conversations play out for that skeptical person:
Or,
look if we’re going to apply the uncharitable jump to conclusion you’re doing in the first you’ve gotta apply it to the second
Here’s how these conversations play out for that skeptical person:
Or,
I’m suggesting a skeptical person will do some minimal amount of checking on a claim they don’t immediately believe. When they see someone say Cuba had slaves in 1959, they’ll google it. When they see someone provide a link to a speech and summarize it, they’ll skim the link.