"How to win a (non) debate: establish a bogus premise in the opening statement, and then try and coerce everyone into narrowly debating the wording rather than being more open about the whole situation".

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The conventional wisdom runs like this: Liberals are charitable because they advocate government redistribution of money in the name of social justice; conservatives are uncharitable because they oppose these policies. But note the sleight of hand: Government spending, according to this logic, is a form of charity.

Okay, so charity is a very poor choice of word, but it was chosen by the author and he's now trying to get everyone else to "defend" it. Duh!