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minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoOne thing I’ve learned is you can’t engage in a rational debate with an irrational person.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI don’t think most of the people we are talking about are irrational. They are arguing in bad faith. It’s not that they are stupid, it’s that they’re stubborn. And arguing against them actually poses risks because they will lie about what you said if they can use it to polish their lies.
One thing I’ve learned is you can’t engage in a rational debate with an irrational person.
I don’t think most of the people we are talking about are irrational.
They are arguing in bad faith.
It’s not that they are stupid, it’s that they’re stubborn.
And arguing against them actually poses risks because they will lie about what you said if they can use it to polish their lies.