As an exercise, take the other point of view. Defend FOX News or CNN, whichever one you disagree with.
Defend President Trump or say what's wrong with him, the opposite of what you normally think.
Hate sushi? Write how much you like it. Think it's great? Write why it's awful.
Be sincere. Debaters have to do it all the time.
Saturday editor Rick Saia joke:
Here's a debate between Chelsea and East Chelsea high schools:
Fuck you!
No, fuck you!
Former MetroWest Daily News editor Rus Lodi knew you could make a living off taking the unconventional point of view.
There was general outrage when Boston Garden was re-built and re-named the FleetCenter.*** He said, "Yeah, I insist that the people who bought my old house still have their mail addressed to me."
***Now it's TD Garden.
MetroWest and FleetCenter are examples of camel case, (CamelCase), a pretty cool name for words smushed with the caps in the middle.
(iPhone is dromedary case.)
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