{"id":43246,"date":"2013-11-26T06:32:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T11:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=43246"},"modified":"2013-11-29T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T18:54:38","slug":"rhetorical-object-lessons-four-ways-to-improve-your-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rhetorical-object-lessons-four-ways-to-improve-your-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhetorical object lessons &#8212; Four ways to improve your game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-1abbc12a-7ef4-0505-946a-a0ace8d964f4\" style=\"text-align: left\">Like most people, I try to avoid raw sewage. Generally speaking, human waste isn&#8217;t something that I have much of an affinity for. It\u2019s for this reason that I have never considered going into a portable toilet and then having someone knock it over. However, if you find yourself struggling to understand just why this might be bad idea, I have good news.\u00a0<a title=\"Jackass (TV series)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackass_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">You\u2019re not alone.<\/a><\/p>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 301px\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43305  \" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" alt=\"Johnny-Knoxville\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Johnny-Knoxville.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Johnny-Knoxville.jpg 291w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Johnny-Knoxville-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><big>Yeah, you know where this is going&#8230;<\/big><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There is an individual who has built an entire career around asking one question:\u00a0Is it possible to completely ignore the rules of common sense and somehow survive? The answer, surprisingly, has been yes. Through his <em>Jackass<\/em> franchise, <a title=\"Johnny Knoxville\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Knoxville\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Knoxville<\/a> has spent years\u00a0performing acts of <a title=\"'Jackass 3D' Trailer HD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fKwjU_pSSW4\" target=\"_blank\">monumental stupidity<\/a> that most animals\u00a0are clever enough not to try. So if you\u2019re one of those folks\u00a0who\u00a0simply can&#8217;t comprehend what repeated groin strikes might look like, don&#8217;t be alarmed. Johnny\u00a0has\u00a0illustrated\u00a0it\u00a0over and over,\u00a0so that now you (hopefully) won\u2019t feel the need to\u00a0find out\u00a0for yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43298\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43298\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43298    \" alt=\"Jackass-logo\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Jackass-logo.gif\" width=\"212\" height=\"192\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Knoxville: Beacon of wisdom.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While most of us\u00a0probably won\u2019t gain much knowledge from reviewing Johnny Knoxville\u2019s bad decisions, there are some choices that it would be helpful to go over: specifically,\u00a0the way that our opponents\u00a0choose to frame and discuss the issues. By observing this,\u00a0we can develop\u00a0some\u00a0helpful dos and don\u2019ts\u00a0to remember when presenting our message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Disrupt the Narrative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in part to the mainstream media, there\u2019s an established narrative when it comes to abortion. We\u2019re told that the debate is a conflict between the right of women to control their bodies and a desire to enforce religious doctrine. When confronted with this sort of false choice, many pro-lifers begin by explaining that we\u2019re not at all concerned with controlling a woman\u2019s body. Rather,\u00a0our desire is to protect the growing <a title=\"Pregnancy week by week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/pregnancy-week-by-week\/MY00331\" target=\"_blank\">child inside her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, this is of course a completely truthful response, but it\u2019s also the expected one. What\u2019s not expected is when we\u00a0explain that abortion isn\u2019t just used to kill children &#8211; <em>it\u2019s used to hurt women, too<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0good way to start off is by pointing out that in many abortions, the woman\u2019s choice had nothing to do with it. By some accounts, the majority of women who undergo abortions report feeling that they were\u00a0<a title=\"Forced Abortions In America\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publiceye.org\/ark\/reproductive-justice\/articles\/forced-abortions-america.php\" target=\"_blank\">pressured into it<\/a>,\u00a0with those who resist often <a title=\"The Many Faces of Coercion\" href=\"http:\/\/afterabortion.org\/2012\/the-many-faces-of-coercion\/\" target=\"_blank\">facing violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Easy access to abortion also makes for an easy way to cover up sexual abuse. It helps to point out specific examples of this, like that of John Blanks, who brought his daughter to Planned Parenthood for a no-questions-asked abortion after <a title=\"Ohio Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Sued Over Incest Case Coverup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2007\/05\/10\/state-2279\/\" target=\"_blank\">getting her pregnant<\/a>. Or recall\u00a0how in 2006, staff at a Connecticut Planned Parenthood abortion facility were helpful enough to turn a teenage girl back over <a title=\"Connecticut Planned Parenthood Did Abortion in Sexual Abuse Coverup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2007\/08\/02\/state-2393\/\" target=\"_blank\">to her abuser<\/a> once the\u00a0appointment was finished. The fact that Live Action caught Planned Parenthood staff offering to help pimps exploit their <a title=\"Caught on Tape: Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp\u2019s Underage Sex Ring\" href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/planned-parenthood-aids-sex-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">underage prostitutes<\/a> is also something of a narrative-changer.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&#8217;s a word that you should never\u00a0hesitate to toss out: gendercide. Mention that in some cultures, a daughter <a title=\"The war on baby girls\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/node\/15606229\" target=\"_blank\">isn&#8217;t valued<\/a> the way that a son is, with the result being that\u00a0many girls never live past their <a title=\"Canadians Start Questioning Sex-Selective Abortion, But Answers Remain Elusive\" href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/canadians-start-questioning-sex-selective-abortion-but-answers-remain-elusive\/\" target=\"_blank\">first ultrasound<\/a>.\u00a0Unsurprisingly, Live Action has video of\u00a0some Planned Parenthood staff who were very willing to <a title=\"Sex-Selection Abortion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/gendercide\/\" target=\"_blank\">dispose of\u00a0unwanted daughters<\/a> through sex-selective abortions. If you ask an abortion\u00a0supporter whether this practice upholds the rights of women, then there&#8217;s a good chance that you&#8217;re about to see what a contorted answer looks like.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14828\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14828\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14828   \" alt=\"\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/abortionist.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/abortionist.jpg 450w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/abortionist-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><big>Planned Parenthood is helping girls&#8230;to come out in pieces.<big><\/big><\/big><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. Find Common Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first step in bringing someone over to your side\u00a0often\u00a0involves finding something that you already agree on.\u00a0Since the pro-life message\u00a0<a title=\"New Wave Feminists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newwavefeminists.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">values\u00a0and respects women<\/a>, you can try to use\u00a0the facts listed above to\u00a0find common ground with\u00a0someone who professes\u00a0to\u00a0also care about females.\u00a0After all,\u00a0it&#8217;s difficult to argue that\u00a0helping a man like\u00a0Christian McQueen\u00a0<a title=\"The 10 Slut Commandments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.returnofkings.com\/12436\/the-10-slut-commandments\" target=\"_blank\">abort his child<\/a> after a &#8220;<a title=\"The 10 College Commandments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.returnofkings.com\/16159\/the-10-college-commandments\" target=\"_blank\">pump\u00a0&#8216;n dump<\/a>&#8221; does\u00a0much for female empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, if\u00a0you happen to\u00a0oppose\u00a0capital punishment, then you can\u00a0convey to other death penalty opponents\u00a0how\u00a0the methods used\u00a0to\u00a0<a title=\"Surgical Abortions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/abortiontypes\/\" target=\"_blank\">execute the unborn<\/a>\u00a0would be\u00a0prohibited as cruel and unusual punishment if they were inflicted on a convict. In <a title=\"Wilkerson v. Utah - 99 U.S. 130 (1878)\" href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/99\/130\/case.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wilkerson v. Utah<\/em><\/a>, the Supreme Court declared that\u00a0&#8220;punishments of torture,&#8221; including dismemberment, disembowelment, and\u00a0burning a prisoner alive would be\u00a0violations of the Eighth Amendment.\u00a0Yet, while these &#8220;atrocities&#8221; can&#8217;t be imposed on a convicted murderer, they&#8217;re <a title=\"Inhuman: Undercover In America's Late Term Abortion Industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/inhuman\/\" target=\"_blank\">perfectly acceptable<\/a> when used to get rid of a\u00a0baby.<\/p>\n<p>Some abortion supporters will contend that they don&#8217;t want to see children stuck with moms who have no desire or ability to raise them. You can assert that pro-lifers don&#8217;t want that to happen, either, but we\u00a0would\u00a0prefer\u00a0that these kids go to\u00a0the many couples who are <a title=\"Longer wait times, higher costs for U.S. adoptions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/01\/15\/us-adoption-domestic-waits-idUSBRE90E15Y20130115\" target=\"_blank\">waiting\u00a0to adopt<\/a>\u00a0them\u00a0instead of\u00a0getting killed. That&#8217;s also why we support <a title=\"Welcome to Care Net!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care-net.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">pregnancy care centers<\/a>\u00a0that offer resources to moms\u00a0in need.\u00a0Given that most people are at least\u00a0little queasy about abortion, you can usually get them to agree that abortion alternatives are a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>The trick here is\u00a0to\u00a0not\u00a0get sidetracked onto other issues &#8211; you want to establish that abortion violates some common principle or standard that you both already agree on and build from there. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Avoid Name-Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some years ago, I attended a conservative political event that was surrounded by protestors outside the doors. They were a rather vocal bunch, with one of them taking the time to inform me that I was a racist who hated minorities. I was\u00a0surprised to learn this about myself; my biracial girlfriend was even more puzzled\u00a0when she heard\u00a0the news.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u00a0words\u00a0like\u00a0&#8220;<a title=\"A whiter tomorrow\u2013brought to you by Planned Parenthood\" href=\"\/news\/a-whiter-tomorrow-brought-to-you-by-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\">racist<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a title=\"Planned Parenthood and Tucker Max \u2014 friends with benefits\" href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-and-tucker-max-friends-with-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\">misogynist<\/a>,&#8221; and a number of other\u00a0derogatory terms\u00a0can definitely be\u00a0appropriate\u00a0when the facts <a title=\"Planned Parenthood Accepting Racist Donations in Ohio to Abort  Black Babies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4iQhCv00dZY\" target=\"_blank\">clearly\u00a0justify them<\/a>.\u00a0As a rule, however,\u00a0the better approach is to attack\u00a0a policy or idea\u00a0instead of the individual\u00a0who is presenting it.\u00a0Since\u00a0your goal is to change minds, it usually doesn&#8217;t help to insult\u00a0the person you&#8217;re speaking to.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, demeaning\u00a0language typically doesn&#8217;t\u00a0look good to whoever else is listening\u00a0in on\u00a0your conversation. And perhaps most importantly, treating others the way that we wish to be treated is simply the decent thing to do. This last point goes along with the next piece of advice, which is&#8230; \u00a0<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Try Not to Cut People Off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, you&#8217;ll\u00a0run into\u00a0someone whose ideas sound so ridiculous or offensive that you&#8217;re tempted to interrupt or silence him. This\u00a0temptation should be resisted. First, there&#8217;s the issue of common courtesy (see above). Second, like name-calling,\u00a0it looks bad to others who are\u00a0observing the debate.\u00a0Interrupting or talking over your discussion partner comes off as insecure, petty, or vindictive &#8211; none of which is the sort of perception that you want to create. Further, it can become an escalating habit. At first you might only interrupt people occasionally, but pretty soon you start to <a title=\"About\" href=\"http:\/\/feministcurrent.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">sound like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43521\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Well-good-day-to-you-too....png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43521\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43521 \" alt=\"\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Well-good-day-to-you-too...-300x203.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Well-good-day-to-you-too...-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Well-good-day-to-you-too....png 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><big>Well, good day to you too&#8230;<big><\/big><\/big><\/p><\/div>\n<p>While you don&#8217;t want to let\u00a0others\u00a0run roughshod over you,\u00a0allowing your opponent to present his or her views gives the impression that you&#8217;re considerate. It also leaves you better-equipped to offer counter-arguments to whatever message that he or she is\u00a0trying to convey.<\/p>\n<p>Although polls show that an <a title=\"Rasmussen Poll Finds Three-Year High Pro-Life Sentiment \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/353081\/rasmussen-poll-finds-three-year-high-pro-life-sentiment-michael-j-new\" target=\"_blank\">increasing number<\/a> of people are identifying as pro-life, large chunks of society remain hostile to our views. By observing how the issues are debated and framed, we can improve the presentation of our message. Because with all due respect to Mr. Knoxville, object lessons don&#8217;t always\u00a0need to involve jackassery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most people, I try to avoid raw sewage. Generally speaking, human waste isn&#8217;t something that I have much of an affinity for. 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