Why Liberals Win Arguments

Simple. They want it more.

When I use the word “Win” in the headline, I am talking about how they win debates/discussion/arguments between individuals. This video is one example of how someone who is not a journalist, doesn’t care about the truth, and only seeks to win the conversation at all costs defeats a real journalist interested in facts.

Geraldo Rivera vs. Bill Maher: Fighting About Fox News, Trump

https://youtu.be/WfmZVZzyL_U

I think Geraldo Rivera lost this discussion with Bill Maher because he missed a great opportunity to take Bill Maher’s argument that we all have to wait until the report comes out before you can call it an illusion and turn that statement around in the other direction.

All Geraldo Rivera had to say at that point is, “I agree with you. So, why don’t you wait until the report comes out before you make up your mind? Why won’t CNN and MSNBC wait until the report comes out? They’ve been talking about it nonstop and presenting it as a fact for almost a year and a half. Why aren’t they waiting for the report to come out? If you all will stop talking about it like it’s a done deal, I’ll stop calling it an illusion and we’ll wait together for the report to come out.”

To his credit, Bill Maher did say once that he is not saying it’s definitely collusion. But, for the rest of the interview, I got the distinct impression that he has made up his mind. He simply wanted to get his point across more than Geraldo Rivera and I think he succeeded. He wanted it more. He stooped to mocking Geraldo Rivera when he called Geraldo “the spin” and on at least two other occasions when he began to make fun of Geraldo for not seeing collusion.

Bill Maher is right. When Geraldo calls it an illusion, that is spin. What Bill Maher is leaving out is that the nonstop discussion of collusion since late in 2016 is also spin. It’s an incredible amount of spin that we are bombarded with daily. So, if you think Bill Maher was justified in calling that spin, you may be interested to know that Bill Maher’s entire show is predicated on spin, so he is an expert in that field.

What does this say about Bill Maher? In my opinion, it means that Bill Maher is convinced he knows what happened and doesn’t care about the report or objectivity. He came into this interview with the intention of winning the interview. Just like an activist judge who gets overturned by a higher court, he won this battle, but he won’t win the war if the end result is no collusion found. I think Bill Maher already know he’s right and won’t stop even if the report comes out and says no collusion. If he wants to be taken seriously by more than just the people who already agree with him, he owes it to himself and his listeners to wait until the report comes out and the facts are known.

What does this say about Geraldo Rivera? Geraldo is an actual journalist. He came into the interview to participate in an interview and have a meaningful discussion. You can’t do that with someone who already knows he’s right, so he lost the battle. He didn’t want to win the interview the way Bill Maher did. He’s interested in facts. If the end result is no collusion found, at least he’ll make $1,000 off of Bill Maher and give it to a great charity.

Before I sign off, please understand something. Bill Maher has a right to believe what he wants and say what he wants, just like every one of us. This is what a constitutional republic looks like. We all have opinions. We all need to respect others opinions. When we don’t do that, ugliness ensues.

RS