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You don't have to "show" anything. Just say it. If I've learned anything from the right it's this.

Assert. Assert. Assert.

Just say it. Speak like what you're advocating is a given instead of trying to teach or handhold.
"Either you want people to die for lack of medicine or we raise taxes on multi millionaires" - don't give an inch or treat their argument like it's legitimately worthy of debate
Conservatives say things that are unpopular with the language and tone of people who are saying "everybody knows this." Liberals back insanely popular things and talk about them like people need convincing.
Conservatives: "we all know we have to eat raw sand to survive"

Liberals: "some studies suggest, and I'm only politely urging you to research it, that water is wet

Just. Fucking. Say it.
Strong and wrong beats weak and right so guess how powerful strong and right is?
(This is why I hate the Senate more than any part of our government. It encourages the weakest most chicken shit language there is)
Go look at John Kerry testifying to congress about Vietnam and compare it to any of his speeches circa 2004 to see what I mean
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