The Limping Truth vs. The Sophist Left

It is one of the greatest frustrations in modern life: trying to argue with a Leftist.  It is not merely that the political and/or ideological principles are wildly divergent.  The means and, indeed, the very goal of the disputation is fundamentally different.  The non-Leftist employs reason and facts to persuade.  The Leftist feels empowered by their self-anointed and subjectively defined “greater good” to employ any and all means, fair and foul, to win.
A brief glance through the mists of history reveals the origin of this schism.

Whereas the ancient philosophers believed logic, facts, and truths were required for a reasoned, cordial discussion leading to “the good,” the later school of Sophistry believed the object of a debate was to prevail – period.  In short, it was the difference between the philosophers’ mutual quest for “good” versus the Sophists’ personal lust for domination.
Flash forward over a few millennia to one’s latest frustrating disputatious encounter with a L …

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