My favorite arguments are ones that pit two ideas from the same cultural trope against each other. For example, "It's racist to decry catcalling; most catcalls are done by POC, where catcalling is a flattering/nonthreatening gesture, and the white protest is unwelcome"
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or: "If eating meat is wrong, then late-term abortion is wrong too"
or "If eating meat is fine, then fucking animals should be legal"
or "If women should have control over their own bodies even with externalities, then abortion+sex work should be legal"
If you have any, comment!
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or the ol' classic I'm really into lately: "If we're gonna truly treat women like they have agency, then we should stop expecting men to be the ones to protect us from other sexist men"
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or "Pedophilia is terrible - sexual arousal from a scenario that only results in damage to another person is horrible. Also, BDSM should be illegal."
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The death penalty should be abolished, because reform is possible, but we should destroy peoples' lives for things they said decades ago
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What about "It's racist to decry making monkey chants at black football (soccer) players"?
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I think of the plastic straw debate. The environmentalists held the moral high ground (think of the turtles!) until the disability activists came into the scene and highlighted that straws are useful for people who can't hold a cup. Yike.
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Allowing trans women to compete in sports with women is another instance of patriarchy because trans women still benefited from male privilege
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This whole thread (other responses included) feels like zen koans from the twilight zone.
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Two tropes enter, one trope leaves.
Behold the Cognitive Dissonance Thunderdome!