If you are using any form ofSocial Media, you come across PTI Trolls or IMRANIs, as I like to call them,on a daily basis. Now in most cases when you come across them, they make emotionally charged arguments that require less than 2 minutes to be demolishedand broken down. They keep on going about the same things the PTI website tellsthem or worse sometimes they make arguments from the statements of their greatleader. Now thing is, it is annoying listening to their arguments which most ofthe time are pretty damn stupid. I mean they have no idea what a line ofargumentation even means, what they do is bring in random buzzwords and keepharping on about them. Having been through enough of these semi-moronicarguments, I decide to help the Imranis out by writing a few arguments forthem. I am laying out 3 decent arguments that can be made by anyone who hatesPML N and not look like an idiot while doing so.
Arguing the Laptop issue
The rookie mistake here is, whenan Imrani normally argues this, they start by quoting random figures they pullout of thin air. Once asked to substantiate them, they start finding sourcesand often end up finding sources from the Chief Minister’s own website. Nowthing is, you cannot attack someone who has the actual figures and facts on hiswebsite. That makes you look stupid and the other person look like a pioussaint. The next stupidity is starting to argue about the state of education inPunjab in general. This is a bad path to go down because firstly it’s notrelated to the Laptops and secondly every major International Institution heapspraises on Punjab for its quality of education. So bringing this in ispointless. The correct way of arguing thisto raise questions like, so what to do with a laptop in an area that has no electricity and has no internet coverage? Are they for typing only cause I do not see any printers being
given out?Why no internet access with them? Is the government trying to Wifi the wholePunjab? If there is no internet provision with the Laptop i.e. the governmentis not paying for it, then how does the government expect low income households to get internet? Also if the laptop isused how are the people supposed to print stuff? Is the government planning to give a subsidy on internet for laptops handed out by them? If Yes, how long would this subsidy last? Does the Punjab Governmentplan to give printers soon? In essence Laptop is like giving someone a CarEngine, its crucial but it requires other things to make proper use of it. So when you are going to argue its importance or need, use one the above mentioned questions to launch the argument as they are potent and cannot be shoved aside.
Arguing the Health care Issue
Most Imranis do not know how togo about this. They just normally watch a few clips of Dunya or Express TV andstart acting as if they know everything. In addition to this, they would alsosimply repeat their great leader’s words and call CM Punjab and Nawaz Sharif ‘Dengue Brothers’. Now thing is, calling names is childish and immature. This issomething that the Imranis and their great leader do not understand. What isworse is that using names like this in arguments make the whole argument weakand kind of pathetic.
The correct way of doing this is,by raising questions like, why does all of the health care attention only focuson Central Punjab? How come the state of health care institutions in northernPunjab is so bad? What about Southern Punjab? Why does the government keepgiving in to doctors and their demands when everyone knows that they are notright? If there is good governance, why isn’t there a proper website or apublic platform that lists all the medicines that are available through thegovernment? Who buys medicines on behalf of the government? Why is the Punjab Government randomly approving more medicalcolleges in the province when they could easily be expanding the existing ones?Why is money being wasted on projects that cannot be replicated across Punjab?Now see each one of these
questions is a solid one, it requires a detailedanswer and in most cases that answer does not exist as yet. If these were beingused in an argument, it would genuinely make sense and have an impact, insteadof calling CM Punjab a ‘Dengue Brother’.
Arguing the Infrastructure Projects
Again in this regard, the Imranisor all critics in general do not really know what to do. They just attack thecosts of projects and what not, which is good to make a splash but it’spointless when used in an argument with people who have a brain. Attacks ofcost of a certain project or the idea that it is for personal benefit arestupid and lead to nothing. So instead of doing that, here are questions thatwould genuinely have an impact and create a robust argument.
How come most of the budget for Punjab’sdevelopment gets spent in Lahore? Is it the Government of Punjab or Governmentof Central Punjab, because the way things are it looks like the latter? Why doall infrastructure projects in the province keep getting tendered to the NLC and FWO without any open tenders? Why is that a year before the elections, the PML Ngovernment has dug up nearly all major cities of Punjab? Were they sleeping for4 years that they did not realize that development projects had to be done? Whydid the Punjab Government cancel the Lahore Mass Transit System that was beinginitiated by the previous government even though it was a great system andcould have changed Lahore forever? Why is the new Bus service that is supposedto run on Ferozepur Road Lahore being based out of Thokar Niaz Beg which is no where near the Ferozepur Road? How comedevelopment in Punjab happens in concentric circles i.e. anything closer toLahore gets more developed while the further away the area is, the more ignoredit is? The three key arguments I havelaid out here are genuine sensible arguments. These are questions that followsome line of logic and require genuine answers. The point is, if you are goingto attack someone and bash them, at least does it properly. Do not come up withidiotic arguments as they hurt you more because they make you look stupid. Soplease my personal request to anyone attacking the PML N, use one of thesearguments and stop making your hollow pathetic attempts at arguing them downemotions.
I am not writing a guide for PPP or PTI because that is just too easy. MQM scares me and ANP sells out too easy. Oh I do not consider PML Q as an actual party.
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