Or the ‘Lost Cause’ fools.
Persuasion skills refer to the talent of changing the attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors of a person or group towards another person, group, event, object, or idea. ....It is usually done by conveying, in a message, some feelings, information, reasoning, or a combination......NONE of which needs to be true.
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There's simply no objective standard by which the discussion can be measured.
The emotional thinkers (generally, liberals) will always try to move the argument away from the black and white of the facts and towards the emotional tug of a particular position.
They had single 32 year olds living in thier parent’s basement in 1850?
Summary:
“Logic won’t get a person out of a position that logic didn’t get them into”.
However, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit" (Proverbs 26:5) can have its place, as well as to show others that the proffered propaganda polemic is refuted.
Currently doing so with a advertising cloned Mormon. Beginning and end so far, by the grace of God..
There’s a guy on the Mallard Fillmore comic strip board at Arcamax that uses different names as he is constantly banned.
Three quarters of that board is always littered with people answering his anti-Trump posts. I blocked him as useless, but too may there rise to the bait.
No it isn't.
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“I never get into arguments on the Internet. You never know what sort of silly stuff the poster is making up.” Socrates, 410 BC
That’s all very interesting; but very few people will read it.
Many people decide things according to their own educations and experiences, and derive their thoughtful conclusions from same.
A lot of other people just want to be ‘one with the crowd’, and decide what they think according to what they’ve seen ‘acceptable’ among the people they follow on the Web, or from the consensus of their local cohort.
You can’t argue with it, and there is no sense in posting about it.
You have to just post truth, as you see it, and hope that someone is watching who may understand and be influenced.
Posted on 02/14/2020 7:21:21 PM PST by Jamestown1630 (”A Republic, if you can keep it.”)
Mark Twain has received credit for a germane cautionary remark:
“Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference”.
Agreed. That’s why it’s best to support each other here and elsewhere, and let those interested come aboard.
I lost patience with the Rats long ago, and have no desire whatsoever to endure their vacant diatribes.
Really? Think it wisdom to allow a lie unchallenged to be repeated so often it become considered truth? Simpy because you are too lazy to fight for truth and are looking to rationalize your moral cowardice?
The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing
Yeah, well, you know,
that’s just like, your opinion, man!
Bkmk evidence
“Instead of seeking to convince others, we can be open to changing our own minds, and seek out information that contradicts our own steadfast point of view. Maybe it’ll turn out that those who disagree with you actually have a solid grasp of the facts. There’s a slight possibility that, after all, you’re the one who’s wrong. “
Been there lots of times, even very recently.
Well I would have to disagree with that, especially on the internet!
I argue with people that are wrong, even people I KNOW I have no chance of changing their mind... Because there is a good chance other people will see it who are not so closed minded and possibly be able to change one random persons mind and open their eyes to the truth!
[[starting arguments on the internet rarely gets anyone to change their mind.]]
You’re not trying to educate the stubborn- you are hoping that your sound factual arguments are going to cause someone who has never looked into the subject, OR someone who has been taught one way, but is object e enough to listen, to look with an open mind- in a way they would never have thought about had you not brought the argument up