<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Guidebook for
Con Artists and Manipulators
.
0 u  The Standard Reaction
1 u  Beliefs are Stronger than Steel and Stone
2 u  Confusing Reality with a Story About Reality
3 u  Declare Reality
.
4 u  Distort the Truth
5 u  Peddle Misinformation and Disinformation
6 u  Use a Third Party Deceiver
7 u  Prove Me Wrong
.
8 u  I'm the Authority -- Trust Me
9 u  Use the Uncontested Obvious or the Irrelevant as Proof
10 u  Use the Opponents Argument as Proof of your Position
11 u  Divert Attention
.
12 u  Be Excessively Technical
13 u  Use Personal Beliefs as Proof
14 u  Ignore Any Evidence that Does not Fit the Pre-determined Conclusion
15 u  Ask Loaded Questions
.
16 u  Create a Problem
17 u  Get People to Demand What You Want to Impose Upon Them
18 8 u  Let's You and Him Fight
18 8au  Create Divisiveness
.
19 u  Chaos For Conversions
20 u  Get The Child and You've Got the Adult
21 u  The Exclude Me Clause
22 u  Secret Language
.
23 u  Becoming Offended
24 u  Politics By Murder
25 u  Divide and Conquer
26 u  Two Sides Are Actually only One
.
27 u  How to Steal a Million Dollars
28 u  What's the Pattern Here<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Con Artists and Manipulators
.
0 u  The Standard Reaction
1 u  Beliefs are Stronger than Steel and Stone
2 u  Confusing Reality with a Story About Reality
3 u  Declare Reality
.
4 u  Distort the Truth
5 u  Peddle Misinformation and Disinformation
6 u  Use a Third Party Deceiver
7 u  Prove Me Wrong
.
8 u  I'm the Authority -- Trust Me
9 u  Use the Uncontested Obvious or the Irrelevant as Proof
10 u  Use the Opponents Argument as Proof of your Position
11 u  Divert Attention
.
12 u  Be Excessively Technical
13 u  Use Personal Beliefs as Proof
14 u  Ignore Any Evidence that Does not Fit the Pre-determined Conclusion
15 u  Ask Loaded Questions
.
16 u  Create a Problem
17 u  Get People to Demand What You Want to Impose Upon Them
18 8 u  Let's You and Him Fight
18 8au  Create Divisiveness
.
19 u  Chaos For Conversions
20 u  Get The Child and You've Got the Adult
21 u  The Exclude Me Clause
22 u  Secret Language
.
23 u  Becoming Offended
24 u  Politics By Murder
25 u  Divide and Conquer
26 u  Two Sides Are Actually only One
.
27 u  How to Steal a Million Dollars
28 u  What's the Pattern Here<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->