

The Left's False Choice Psy-Ops
14 snips Aug 14, 2025
Steve Deace, a sharp political commentator and host of The Steve Deace Show, teams up with William Kelly, an experienced Chicago reporter, to dissect the breakdown of American politics. They explore how false choices shape public perception on critical issues like welfare and abortion. Deace emphasizes the importance of critical questioning to unveil real beliefs behind political narratives. Kelly addresses Chicago's rising violence and the need for federal intervention, pondering Trump's potential response amid community frustrations.
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False Choices Are Deliberate PsyOps
- Steve Deace frames the left's binary framing as deliberate psyops that limit debate and force compliance.
- He recommends exposing false choices by asking targeted Socratic questions that reveal motives.
Ask For The Benign Explanation
- Ask "what's the benign, innocent explanation?" to test opponents' motives and expose contradictions.
- Use question-with-question tactics to force clarity and reveal bad-faith arguments.
Compromise Reveals True Priorities
- Deace argues the abortion debate exposes real aims when hypothetical compromises fail to gain support.
- He concludes many advocates prioritize unrestricted abortion over proposed limited exceptions.