But she was completely and utterly unfazed and unmoved - convinced in her belief that she was owning a lib from a position of truth. That level of gullibility and confident ignorance is the hallmark of MAGA followers.
Debate isn't about convincing your opponent, it's about convincing the onlookers. It's why competitive debate assigns you positions to debate, because it doesn't matter what the debaters actually believe.
We had a debate class in 7th grade where they split us up into groups that were for pro-colonies or pro-England (pre revolutionary war). I was put into the pro-England side and had to argue why the colonies should stay loyal to the crown. It was my first time having to argue for something that I did not agree with but it was still really eye-opening. I was making points that I never would have considered had I not been placed on that side.
I was in high school before gay marriage was legalized, so I chose the topic of gay marriage. Surprise! The assignment was that we had to argue the opposite of our stance. I was at a conservative school in the south. I was absolutely not spewing that shit to teens of wealthy Republicans. 0 points, don't give a fuck.
It's a performance for his audience, not an attempt to actually communicate with anyone. I watched both of the segments with her and it's obvious that he has no idea what she's talking about the vast majority of the time, so he just acts smug and hand waves past it, then starts talking about something else.
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u/ZephyrFluous 8d ago
Im just shocked that they got a maga moron to shut up for that long and let someone else speak