Sharpening Arrows

Ep. 75 – How the media skews the transgender debate


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A boy pretending to be a girl just won two gold medals at the California state track. We are going to go through the news coverage and test your critical thinking skills.


Parental pause point questions:


1. Consider the phrase, "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly?" Do you agree with that? (0:55)

2. Pop quiz: How many of The Great Eight Questions do you remember? (5:02)

3. Why has there been a spotlight on AB Hernandez? (14:18)

4. Why don't we hear about girls who pretend to be boys competing in boys' sports? (17:00)

5. If you give people an incentive to do something, what's going to happen? (20:44)


The Great 8 Questions:

1. What happens next?

2. Has this been tried before?

3. Is there a principle involved?

4. What are the trade-offs?

5. What do you mean by that?

6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic?

7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument?

8. What does the Bible say?

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Sharpening ArrowsBy Victor Joecks

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