How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them Quotes

“When someone calls you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe because you happen to disagree with them about tax policy or same-sex marriage or abortion, that’s bullying. When someone slanders you because you happen to disagree with them about global warming or the government shutdown, that’s bullying. When someone labels you a bad human being because they disagree with you, they are bullying you. They are attacking your character without justification. That’s nasty. In fact, it makes them nasty.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Ronald Reagan was not a god. He himself would have said that. Don’t follow people. Follow principle.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“The left no longer makes arguments about policies’ effectiveness. Their only argument is character assassination.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“There will be no conversation in which you call me a racist, and I explain why I’m not a racist. That’s a conversation for idiots.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“No wonder the left seeks to avoid political debate at all costs. Why bother? Members of the left are not interested in having a debate about policy. They are not interested in debating what is right or wrong for the country. They are interested in debating you personally. They are interested in castigating you as a nasty human being because you happen to disagree. This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you. And if they can instill that sense of moral superiority in others by making you the bad guy, they will.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“The left is expert at framing debates. They have buzzwords they use to direct the debate toward unwinnable positions for you. They are tolerant, diverse, fighters for social justice; if you oppose them, by contrast, you are intolerant, xenophobic, and in favor of injustice. Now, all these terms are – to be polite – a crock, if considered as absolute moral values. The left is wildly intolerant of religious people and conservatives; that’s why they’re interested in forcing Christian bakers to cater to same-sex weddings. They are anti-intellectual diversity, particularly in areas of American life in which they predominate; that’s why they stifle conservatism on campus and in the media. And as for social justice, if social is supposed to be opposed to individual, then social justice is by definition unjust. The left’s use of magical buzzwords places you in a corner, against supposed universal values that aren’t universal or universally held.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“The truth is that your opponent, who labels you a racist without evidence, is the actual racist: it is he who waters down the term racism until it is meaningless by labeling any argument with which he disagrees racist.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Don’t follow people. Follow principle.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“College students’ sense of moral righteousness doesn’t come from achievement – it comes from believing that you are a bad person. You are a racist and sexist; they are not. That makes them good, even if they don’t give charity, have never met a black person, stand for policies that impoverish minority communities across the United States, and enable America-haters around the globe. It”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“This sort of bullying isn’t just present at the universities. It has taken over the media wholesale. For the media, all arguments are character arguments. If you disagree with the members of the media about something, you are a fundamentally bad human being. The same is eminently true in Hollywood, where moral narrative is the heart of the business.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Don’t get caught in the trap of believing you have to know everything about everything”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Calling you a racist and sexist, a bigot and a homophobe, gives them a sense of satisfaction with their status in the universe, even if they never help a single individual human being. This is a bully tactic. When someone calls you a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe because you happen to disagree with them about tax policy or same-sex marriage or abortion, that’s bullying. When someone slanders you because you happen to disagree with them about global warming or the government shutdown, that’s bullying. When someone labels you a bad human being because they disagree with you, they are bullying you. They are attacking your character without justification. That’s nasty. In fact, it makes them nasty.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“To take another example, with regard to healthcare, the left suggests that their entire goal is to make healthcare available to everyone. But they don’t mandate that a certain percentage of the population go to medical school. That’s because in order for government to guarantee a product’s availability, the government must either hire workers or force workers to get into a given industry. The government hiring workers would require paying money for doctors – and the left argues that doctors already make too much money. And the left won’t argue openly for what they would prefer: forcing people to practice medicine for patients deemed worthy by the government. Unless you are willing to force people using the law to go to medical school, you cannot have a successful universal healthcare system. That’s what they’re finding out in Britain, Canada, and Israel – all countries in which private medicine is on the rise, legally or illegally, outside government auspices.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“left’s favorite three lines of attack are (1) you’re stupid; (2) you’re mean; (3) you’re corrupt. Sarah”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“You may notice when arguing with someone on the left that every time you begin to make a point, that leftist begins shouting”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“You have to look like you’re a nice person in order for people to believe that you are a nice person. Scientific studies show that people will judge you literally within milliseconds of seeing you. Make them see what you want them to see.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Unless you are willing to force people using the law to go to medical school, you cannot have a successful universal healthcare system. That”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“And as for social justice, if social is supposed to be opposed to individual, then social justice is by definition unjust. The”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Rule #2: Hit First. Don’t take the punch first. Hit first. Hit hard. Hit where it counts. Mike”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“That’s the way it will go because that’s how the left wins: through intimidation and cruelty. You”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“For the media, all arguments are character arguments. If you disagree with the members of the media about something, you are a fundamentally bad human being. The”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“Here’s what presidential candidate Mitt Romney said about Barack Obama: Barack Obama is not a very good President. He said Barack Obama doesn’t do a very good job on the economy; he said that Obama’s foreign policy has a lot of holes in it; he said Obama has done a pretty poor job across the board of working in bipartisan fashion. But, Romney added, Obama’s a good guy. He’s a good family man, a good husband, a man who believes in the basic principles espoused by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He is not someone you should be afraid of in any way. Essentially, Romney’s campaign slogan was this: “Obama: Good Guy, Bad President.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“No wonder the left seeks to avoid political debate at all costs. Why bother? Members of the left are not interested in having a debate about policy. They are not interested in debating what is right or wrong for the country. They are interested in debating you personally. They are interested in castigating you as a nasty human being because you happen to disagree.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“So the next time they mention Bush, your reply should be, “WILLIAM MCKINLEY.” Bush has nothing to do with anything.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“if social is supposed to be opposed to individual, then social justice is by definition unjust.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“live and let live. That will last until the protesters are outside your business, the government regulators are outside your house, or the administrators are inside your child’s classroom. Then you’ll realize that while you were willing to let live, the left simply wasn’t.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“For the media, all arguments are character arguments. If you disagree with the members of the media about something, you are a fundamentally bad human being.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you. And if they can instill that sense of moral superiority in others by making you the bad guy, they will. People on the left are taught from childhood that they are better than conservatives – it makes them feel good to hate conservatives. And that hatred is justified because, after all, conservatives are bigots.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument

“I would have said, “Why do you have to use victims to illustrate your point? Why can’t you just convince me on the basis of the evidence that what you’re proposing is the right solution for America?”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument