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Dale Murphy's avatar

😊 thank you ! What a strong message not only in content but in the ability to parse words down to the essence of the point - that speaking and writing skill is the most powerful tool - no, the ONLY one to clarify positions. Our strength is the power of logical righteousness ( good sense) and it shines like the sun when words are written or spoken from nothing but the hope Diamond of essence laid bare in its particular shine .

What a gift ! Keep it coming! Thank you !

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Dale Murphy's avatar

The above comment is made based on your opening debate statement. As for the actual debate : you stay on topic, think on your feet clearly, emphasize the important conservative principles, and react to innuendo without a tad of emotion ! What a good, thorough debater and the ending ! Superb ! I believe the conservative position in this NPR debate was by far the stronger more solidly valid position because you did your homework and either have trained yourself or innately have a capacity to speak for true freedom and against imposters. Either way … you are teaching, leading, and creating the way forward. Thank you!

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laura's avatar

Actually Chris argued the liberal position. Mounk was lost, he used fear and insinuation in a failed attempt to tarnish the reality-based analysis Chris presented.

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Dale Murphy's avatar

I agree ! I’m not good at much except metaphor so it’s difficult for me to explain exactly how Rufo won this, but it’s so obvious that his position WAS the higher ground! Thanks for samples and especially their sources in argument/persuasive language πŸ€“πŸ€“πŸ€“

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laura's avatar

Outside of Heather MacDonald, few match Chris' skill and clarity of thought. My husband, student data analyst for Oakland Unified, was cheering every statement as Chris destroyed Mounk, Weiss and the librarian.

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Heather Mac Donald is one of my intellectual heroes. She is so good at making arguments and advancing lines of reasoning.

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laura's avatar

Yep. And she has the guts to address civil disorder/crime while the vast majority dance around the issues.

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Dale Murphy's avatar

Yay ! May we remove these mountains of trash and clear the air so that the elevated Western Tradition shines in its well earned place: the Apex of human achievement, the possibility of accomplishment open to all humans, the pursuit of continuity’s reward: validity and honor ! πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“πŸŽ“While one might redesign a steering wheel, only a fool would fable the falsehood that humans redesign the truth, the beautiful, and the honorable. Those deadly hijinks caverns - dangerous, deceptive, and popular - plan to replace humanity’s upward call of dignity even though our human Standard is recognizable and unchangeable, noble and distinguishable, represented through the finest attributes individuality ie Western culture.

Chris Rufo shines the light of our democracy’s potent and original intent on the shameful, degrading, untenable, wayward dissolution of these our goals. Our forefathers, themselves enlightened by European and Ancient Greek and Roman traditions, would be horrified by such degrading of freedom and of government. β€œWhat have you created for us, Franklin?” Asked a colonist. β€œA Republic, if you can keep it,” slyly, insightfully the founding father replied.

If we have not kept it - ( and, for example, the haggle that β€œcolonist” means malevolent devil is vicious on the atomic level as is insisting pronouns are replaceable - such like incidents split apart our commons further and further into non-communal norms and shall become thousands of obtuse chain reactions, until there’s nothing recognizable and the obliteration of the most glorious perfection of culture known among humans is accomplished. ie our tradition of respect for a dream worded by Jefferson is made unrecognizable. Western Culture will be ended!)

if we do not keep it ... if vanity and the chasing of the wind hollow out the Spirit of Dignity we were handed, if consciousness devolves into an endless chain reaction of unstoppable, timeless separations - and that’s where we are headed - we are but ruins.

The stakes are that high. So much so that Rufo needs millions of listeners !

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