Table of Contents

Introduction

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Chapter 1: What It Means to Be a Liberal

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What Breed of Liberal Are You? (Take the quiz)  10
The Liberal Manifesto 16
Rate Your Partisan Intensity Quotient (PIQ)  18
What’s Your State of Embattlement?  21

Chapter 2: Know Your Enemy 

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The Conservative Manifesto  26
A Field Guide to the Conservative Genus  28
How to Rate a Conservative’s Partisan Intensity Quotient (PIQ)  35
Frequently Asked Questions about Conservatives  38
A Glimpse into the Conservative Utopia  42

Chapter 3: Can’t We All Just Get Along? 

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A Day in the Life of Conservatives vs. Liberals 46
Battle of the Bumper Stickers  50
What Liberals Say vs. What Conservatives Hear  52
What Conservatives Say vs. What Liberals Hear  54
Common Enemies We Can All Agree to Hate  56

Chapter 4: Basic Training 

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The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Partisans (Read the list)  62
How Woefully Ineffective Are You?  66
How Not to Be an Asshole  68
The Ten Commandments of Partisan Warfare  71
How to Frame the Debate Using Simple Jedi Mind Tricks  75
How to Avoid Unhinged Lunatics  78

Chapter 5: How to Win Friends While Antagonizing People

 
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How to Survive Family Sparring Matches  82
What to Do If You’re Sleeping With the Enemy  85
How to Manage Workplace Squabbles  88
How to Clash with Perfect Strangers  91
How to Properly Engage in Internet Flame Wars  94

Chapter 6: Advanced Battle Tactics 

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How to Detect Bullshit  98
How to Trip Up a Bullshitter  101
How to Spot Logical Fallacies 103
“Strategery” for the Advanced Combatant  108
How to Argue Like a Conservative in Fourteen Easy Steps  111
How to Win When You Can’t Win Them Over  114

Chapter 7: Kick-Ass Arguments: A Step-By-Step Guide 

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Global Warming: Why It’s an Issue of Security and Morality  121
Taxes and the Economy: Why Conservatives Are Fiscally Foolhardy  126
Defending America: Why Conservatives Aren’t Up To the Job  131
Iraq: Why It’s a “Catastrofuck”  135
Bush: Why He’s the Worst President Ever  141

Chapter 8: The Conservative Hall of Shame 

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The Wing of Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Adulterers  148
The Wing of Unhinged Lunatics and Sociopaths  152
The Wing of Morons  155
The Wing of Crooks and Corrupt Weasels  158
The Wing of Chickenhawks  161

Chapter 9: You’ve Won the Battle, Now Help Win the War 

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Six Unconventional Things You Can Do to Save the World from Conservatives  164

After-Words  

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When All Else Fails: 27,000 Ways to Insult Conservatives 171

Acknowledgments 

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About the Author 

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