I posted this on Facebook two days ago:

For my more excitable liberal friends:

Look. I know you're concerned. I know you're afraid. We have legitimate reasons for concern, we have legitimate reasons for fear. But the more hyperbolic your argument, the less compelling your counterpart finds it.

Remember back in 2008 when Sarah Palin was talking about "death panels?" Did you find that argument compelling or did you share memes ridiculing her? Did she change your mind or did she cement your resolve?

I've seen like three people resort to reductio ad Hitlerum today alone. Hitler wrote this in Mein Kampff eight years before being appointed Chancellor:

"If at the beginning of the War and during the War twelve or fifteen thousand of these Hebrew corrupters of the people had been held under poison gas, as happened to hundreds of thousands of our very best German workers in the field, the sacrifice of millions at the front would not have been in vain."

Donald Trump, by way of comparison, said this eight years before being elected President:

"Hillary is smart, tough and a very nice person, so is her husband. Bill Clinton was a great president. They are fine people. Hillary was roughed up by the media, and it was a tough campaign for her, but she's a great trooper. Her history is far from being over."

By all means. Be passionate. Be outspoken. Be concerned. But as a matter of rhetorical strategy, the closer you hew to proven facts the more compelling your arguments shall be.

Sorry. Had to say it. Carry on.

I ditched two friends who reserved their right to call Trump literally Hitler.

Wanna see my favorite meme of the week?

1) New Balance said that the TPP was bad for their business, Trump hated the TPP, therefore Trump was good for their business. They never endorsed Trump.

2) The Paypal thing is because of Peter Thiel, who sold Paypal in 2002.

3) The CEO of Papa John's donates to Republicans. This hardly makes him unique.

4) The UFC has no position on Trump.

5) Yuengling? Yup.

6) Hobby lobby? Yup.

But I mean, fuck. If you were fond of the Affordable Care Act you've been boycotting Hobby Lobby for years already. Chick-Fil-A? Same deal. The Maloofs (Coors) have been rabid right-wing nutjobs for as long as I can remember and I can remember for a long-ass time. Sheldon Adelson? No surprises there. The Koch brothers, for their part, actually sat this one out on the presidential level. Yet here's your ready-made ball of rage, no insight or thought necessary, ready for you to be all angry and shit.

My fucking roommate came home crestfallen because "now he has to boycott New Balance because they came out in support of trump.

For fuck's sake.