>defeat
it's not a competition. three score and twenty if you're lucky and that's it. how about a bit of cooperation instead?
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 20 Feb 2018, 21:22,
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The thing is,
any attempt to find common ground is thwarted because he never seems to actually be interested in having a discussion.
He appears only to want to stick it to those he perceives as fascists, and receive a welcoming round of applause in response from an appreciative echo chamber.
I wasn't actually trying to defeat anyone, merely trying to coax something good out of him by pointing out its all been 100% ad hominem from him so far, and by inviting him to actually join in (since he appears to be so passionate about it all). He just did the same thing again, presumably intentionally to thumb his nose at the notion of debating properly, which I interpreted as essentially waving a white flag.
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but if you encounter an on goning echo chamber
where everyone appears to be enjoying the circle jerk sometimes all you can do is throw in a hand grenade to see what's survived the shrapnel blast and observe from a safe distance whilst considering your next move. why the conflict? why is it so hard to help each other out with understanding? why so adversarial? ego? there appears to be a common goal in mind from all parties. *posted before your edit
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Tue 20 Feb 2018, 21:48,
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