Very often people who don’t like your ideas, or maybe fear that you are right, will try to pull this trick on you. They will try to place you in “the prison of two ideas.”
They set up an issue as having only two positions — you’re either for or against “X” — and then place you on the side that sounds most evil.
For example, a person might say:
— You’re either for climate change legislation, or you want the planet to die
— You’re either for ObamaCare, or you want babies and sick people to die
— You’re either for peace, or you want war
— You’re either for amnesty, or you’re xenophobic
It’s painful and predictable. Verging on parody. But sometimes we do the same to our adversaries, too.
— Either you’re for the death penalty or you coddle criminals
— Either you’re pro-gun, or a leftwing socialist gun grabber
— Either you fear God, or are a godless pinko
The right does this sort of thing less often, but maybe it’s because we’ve had less practice.
But we also allow ourselves to become inmates in our own two-idea prison — by appointing “an idea warden.”
This takes the shape of a political leader whose ideas become reflexively accepted as our ideas. Through a subtle submission to authoritarian allure, we end up settling on the side of an argument because he or she holds that side, too.
It’s political team sport stuff.
And so if he decides that X is bad, you agree. If he believes we need less of Y, you do, too. But if he changes his mind, realizing that X is good, and Y is a necessity, then you change with him as well.
This “idea warden” gives you the freedom to ignore any alternative ideas because you’ve put all your eggs in his basket — whether that basket be trade, immigration or taxes.
The interesting discovery, with President Donald Trump, is because his positions change, he happily demolishes the prison of two ideas, while still being a prison warden for so many others. It’s brilliant, but troubling.
So, I’m thinking, Instead of agreeing with Donald Trump, we should be copying him. As he divorces himself from the prison of two ideas, we should too.
President Trump, through his actions on trade, China, Syria, Russia, and ObamaCare – reveals that between two opposing ideas there’s an endless number of options. Literally — the positions one can hold are infinite.
Trump’s view of things has more choices than the order of cards in a typical deck. I really believe this. In a deck, there are 52 cards — which means the total possible combinations would be (yes, I read this on a blog): 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000.
That’s more than the number of people (in billions) on every planet if there were a billion planets in 200 billion solar systems and so on (don’t ask me to verify this — it’s from Reddit).
Ponder this crazy, fantastic number. Because it frees you from sticking to two sides. It reminds you that you can think of anything.
How can you free yourself and think differently about things?
Consider one side, and work toward a compatible alternative that solves whatever accusation might be lobbed at you.
Take immigration. Are you xenophobic for wanting a wall?
No, you can be for enforced, enhanced border protection, while welcoming grateful refugees and hard-working immigrants. You can be for that wall, and that giant beautiful door. You see: Trump used a simple sentence to destroy the prison of two ideas. People remember the wall, but he also offered the door.
Climate change: So, are you accepting the “consensus,” or do you want the planet to die, you anti-science heathen?
Your answer destroys that two idea prison: You remain open to that idea that there has been gradual warming over time — and that humans might contribute to it (which is where the consensus claim tentatively rests) — and will even worry that it could be a problem.
However, the solutions prescribed by the most vocal and spot-lit climate activists are extreme and unreliable. The climate models and predictions have been notoriously inaccurate (comically so), and the claims too variable.
Last, the money one demands to fight this threat might actually do harm by steering funds away from efforts that might actually save millions of lives right now (in terms of promoting and pursuing clean air, water, fuel, etc). Describe yourself as a “luke-warmer.”
Health care: Your angry liberal friend might say, “you’re either for ObamaCare or you want people to die on the streets.” (I wish I were creating a straw man argument here, but this is an actual refrain.)
To destroy this two idea prison, offer the simplest solution: We want everyone to be healthy, and to be able to afford health care when really bad stuff happens. So it’s not about birth control pills (which even college kids can afford).
The most practical answer is that we, the consumer, pay for the small stuff, and insurance covers the rest. Suddenly catastrophic insurance becomes hugely affordable. Take a page from car insurance (which, by the way, isn’t “car care,” it’s car insurance). There’s variability in coverage and cost, based on individual needs and types. There is also competition (compare the number of car insurance ads to the number of health insurance ads during your favorite cable news show). Competition, in every arena, puts the customer first (in this case: the patient).
The most important arena where the two idea prison must be destroyed: National security.
If you wish to fight terror with every weapon at your disposal — well, then you must be Islamophobic. That’s the new prison of two ideas: worrying about terror means you’re a bigot.
To shatter this prison, one must only point out the reality of the current age: technology married to terror means our defenses merit a different mindset. We aren’t fighting traditional wars any more. We now must consider that a drone carrying a toxic substance, tested in one country — can now be unleashed here in this country by a satellite jihadists, over a parade or a stadium — killing tens of thousands, or more. And that satellite jihadist may be an American citizen! So how is that racist? Or bigoted?
The simpler point: You can be against invading countries, but you can recognize threats far away, that intend to come here.
So, in sum: The prison of two ideas is less your choice than it is one made by political adversaries to beat you at debate.
Once you break out of it, the possibilities for winning become endless.
Greg Gutfeld currently serves as host of FOX News Channel’s (FNC) The Greg Gutfeld Show (Saturdays 10-11PM/ET) and co-host of The Five (weekdays 9-10PM/ET). He joined the network in 2007 as a contributor. Click here for more information on Greg Gutfeld.
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Trump says 'making progress' to keep Carrier Corp in U.S.
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Trump Turns the Screws on Iran's Mullahs
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Male-to-Female Transgenders in Women's Sports
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WIN FOR CRITICS OR ALLIES? Comey's blockbuster hearing could have uncertain outcome for Trump
Former FBI Director James Comey’s blockbuster testimony before a Senate panel Thursday has the potential to both arm President Trump’s ...
NEW GETAWAY Trump visits 'rustic' Camp David for the first time
President Trump leaves the White House on Saturday for his first visit to presidential retreat Camp David, a rustic departure ...
TODD STARNES: Catholic school in New York banishes Chick-fil-A
I was about to dip a nugget in some Chick-fil-A Sauce the other day when I received an urgent message ...
Navy husband welcomed home by wife's surprise baby bump
The moment an expectant wife surprised her returning Navy husband with news of their latest addition has gone viral on ...
Trump's RNC speechwriter to pen inaugural address
The man behind Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention speech will also write the president-elect’s inauguration address. Stephen Miller, who was ...
Colorado governor pardons felon to stave off deportation to Cuba
Colorado’s governor issued a controversial pardon Friday to stop the deportation of a convicted armed robber to Cuba but the ...
Trump closes companies with ties to Saudi Arabia business venture
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 12/9/16 6:20 PM Anna Giaritelli Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/AnnaGiaritelliHeadshot1.jpg President-elect Trump has ...
Islam on Track to Overtake Christianity as World's No. 1 Religion…
Muslims will double their share of the population in the United States by 2050 and surpass Christianity as the world’s ...
Education and Child Care: Get the Government Out
Maryland lawmakers are following the lead of hysterical California kooks and are proposing new guidelines for Maryland homeschoolers. Proposals include intrusive ...
More than 900 people rescued as Libyan migration crisis worsens
More than 900 African and Asian migrants – including at least 25 minors and seven pregnant women – en route ...
The 15 most political Oscar moments of 2017
1. Celebrities wear blue ribbons to support the ACLU Several Hollywood celebrities made more than a fashion statement on the ...
Trump's wiretap claim likely lacks evidence, congressman says
A key Democrat and Republican on congressional Intelligence committees doubted Sunday that the Justice Department would meet a bipartisan request ...
Health Care's Four Horsemen
Should the Senate Republican health care reform legislation pass, it will usher in another house of horrors just like Obama’s ...
The Death of Academic Rigor
The notion of academic rigor has fallen on evil times. In a typical instance of continuing epistemic degradation, Donna Riley, ...
House Republican pursue short-term bill to fund government
WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have decided to pursue a short-term measure to keep the government funded ...
Fighting Anti-Israeli Bias at the UN
British Prime Minister Theresa May is making history from which there is no turning back in the effort to restore ...
BITING BACK: Trudeau considers retribution on US after lumber tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he would considering banning thermal coal shipments in response to the U.S. imposing ...
Drug cartels heavily rely on GPS devices to track shipments, feds say – Drug bust netting 7.9 tons of cocaine dubbed ‘one of the largest in history’
The GPS has increasingly become a drug dealer’s new partner in crime. Drug-smuggling groups are relying on the device to ...
Cummings: Obama shouldn't 'sit back' after leaving office
President Obama should stay involved in politics after he leaves office even if that means overstepping the usual role of ...
BELLWETHER Attack a tipping point in campaign to destroy West
There is no longer any doubt: the mayhem in London Saturday night has raised terrorism to a new threat level ...
Budget boss Mulvaney claims Obama had 'secret list' of proposed regulations
At a news briefing this week, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney continued to push the Trump administration’s goal of ...
Two Seattle police officers shot, two suspects in custody after robbery call
Two Seattle police officers were shot and injured Thursday while responding to a downtown robbery, authorities said. One suspect was ...
World's biggest lobster roll?
It’s a lobster lover’s dream. A restaurant in Portsmouth, N.H., is hoping it set the record for the longest lobster ...
FOX NEWS HALFTIME REPORT: Dems intent on learning the wrong lesson from 2016
**Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day? Sign up here.** On the roster: Dems intent on learning the wrong ...
Country star: I refuse to
Miranda Lambert isn’t trying to fit in — she’s just trying to be Miranda. The country superstar opened up in ...
Coolest classics under $30G
Multi-million dollar auctions grab headlines every year at the Amelia Island Concours. Which is completely predictable because they sell some ...
Britney Spears virus
Britney Spears the pop icon may have come and gone, but Britney Spears the malware magnet is alive and well. ...
The Road to Global Oz
“Watchdogs or pit bulls?” I was asking over 30 years ago, as TV newsrooms were turning into kangaroo courts and ...
Iran in Crisis
The recent dust storms that wreaked havoc in southwest Iran signaled only one of the many crises the mullahs are ...
Passenger on JetBlue flight bound for Florida overdoses on heroin
A plane that was about to depart Kennedy Airport for Florida was forced to return to the gate Wednesday when ...
No Civil Rights without Civility
When Betsy DeVos stood up to speak at Bethune-Cookman University’s 2017 commencement in Daytona Beach, graduating students booed and turned ...
Trump, Pence have spoken with nearly 30 foreign leaders – statement
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence have spoken with nearly 30 foreign leaders since winning the Nov. ...
Outrage after 'Billions' scene filmed at 9/11 memorial
Families of 9/11 victims are outraged that a climactic scene involving a greedy hedge-funder in the season finale of Showtime’s ...
Police release new photos of Manchester bomber with blue suitcase – MANCHESTER TERROR SUSPECTS: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Manchester Police released new photos on Monday of the bomber with a blue suitcase taken days before he carried out ...
Mississippi town resists after being forced to take down Christian flag
More than 100 residents of a predominantly Christian town in Mississippi took part in a rally on Saturday where they ...
McConnell sees Pence as White House liaison
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is throwing out a lifeline to Vice President-elect Mike Pence in the hope that he ...
Bill Murray crashes big party
Bill Murray walks into a Brooklyn bar … and immediately becomes the life of the party. The jovial “Lost in Translation” ...
Model's age is shocking
The latest object of the Internet’s fascination is a fit Singaporean male model. When we put it like that, it’s ...
Trump: Winning Electoral College 'more difficult and sophisticated'
By Kyle Feldscher (@kyle_feldscher) • 12/21/16 8:46 AM Kyle Feldscher Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Kyle2.jpg President-elect Trump spent ...
California high school students walk out of classes in Trump protest
BERKELEY, Calif. Some 1,500 high school students and teachers in Berkeley, California, near San Francisco, walked out of classes on ...
Philippine mayor, 13 others killed in raid linked to drugs
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Philippine police fatally shot a city mayor who was among the politicians the president publicly linked to ...
Fighting Fire with Federalism: Gorka’s Visionary Plan for the Islamic World
On April 1st, Ruth Sherlock interviewed White House counterterrorism strategist and Deputy Assistant to the President, Dr. Seb Gorka, in ...
Trump promises to discuss healthcare with governors
By Keith Koffler • 2/26/17 4:13 PM Keith Koffler Weekend Editor The Washington Examiner President Trump said healthcare will be ...
Schumer plans for 'nuclear' showdown
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday that Judge Neil Gorsuch did little to win over Democrats and predicted that Republicans ...
Guess which cable network Trump congratulated on inauguration ratings
President Trump celebrated Fox News’ record-high inauguration ratings on Twitter Tuesday evening. The newly minted commander-in-chief also jabbed rival TV ...
House will vote to stop Boeing sales to Iran
The House of Representatives will vote next week to stop sales of Boeing passenger planes to Iran, Majority Leader Kevin ...
California landslide forces workers to get out fast
For the second time in two months a landslide in California has forced crews to close the 101 Freeway. The ...
Married man busted by hoax
A married man in India reportedly went to extraordinary lengths to avoid going on vacation with his mistress. Police in ...
Jake Paul exits Disney Channel's 'Bizaardvark' mid-season
YouTube star Jake Paul will be leaving the Disney Channel’s “Bizaardvark” in the middle of Season 2. Disney announced the ...
Crayola set to retire one color from crayon box
Crayola is about to ditch one of the iconic colors in its classic 24-count box. The crayon company will make ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Asra Nomani accuse Dem senators of ignoring them in hearing
Women’s rights activists Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Nomani have accused four female Democratic senators of ignoring them during a committee ...
May's experience prepared her to handle London attack, aftermath, expert says – ISIS sympathizers celebrating London attack on social media – Lawmaker hailed as hero for helping policeman
Prime Minister Theresa May, who spent six years in charge of the U.K.’s interior ministry, is the more prepared to handle this ...
Watch: Trump shares a hug with a Democrat after his speech
By Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) • 2/28/17 10:49 PM Daniel Chaitin Senior Web Producer The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotChatin_Daniel.jpg One moderate senator ...
DEADLY SHOOTING Bloody man chases kids during soccer practice
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – A bloody, shirtless man with what appeared to be a broken wine bottle turned a balmy ...
Bride drops 113 pounds
“Wedding diets” are nothing new, but often, we don’t get a real, behind-the-scenes look at the grueling choices behind these ...
16 people accused of massive home marijuana grow near Denver
DENVER – Sixteen people have been indicted and accused of running a massive home-grown marijuana operation in the greater Denver ...
Trump attacks 'fake news' amid Russia controversy that now includes Kushner
President Trump on Sunday again criticized “fake news” and stories based on anonymous sources, amid ongoing reports about Trump’s inner ...
Two Tweaks for ‘Ryancare’
The structure and character of the federal government is largely the creation of Democrats. From Woodrow Wilson to FDR to ...
Our Reps Are (Still) Idiots
OK, so they finally passed it. The Senate tax reform bill, however imperfect, will return money to taxpayers, spur business, ...