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Stop Engaging in Bad Faith Conversations with People
Wrongspeak.net ^ | 3/19/2021 | Adam B. Coleman

Posted on 05/19/2021 12:50:40 PM PDT by tbw2

What do I mean by “Bad Faith”? My definition of bad faith is that the person you’re speaking with does not believe you are speaking from a place of care but a place of hatred. If you believe the person on the other side of the phone is a Nazi, you would presume they are coming from a place of hatred. It doesn’t matter if they are a Nazi, it only matters what you presume it to be true. Once that person believes the assumption to be true, there is no genuine conversation to be had, only a debate.

Debates are for people who want to posture for a winning position but debates aren’t conversations and they are rarely constructive.

We believe we are having conversations with people, especially over social media, but at best we are engaging in bad faith conversations. Most of our so-called discussions are simply arguments and we have grown too used to talking at people instead of with people. Some of us would rather spend hours virtually shouting at people we will never meet rather than seeking people we can learn from with good faith in mind. One thing you can’t buy is “time”, making it extremely valuable. So, why waste such value on worthless discussions?

Here are some Tips for having a Productive Conversation:

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: aza; debate; discussion; freespeech; gaza; hamas; israel; society; waronterror

1 posted on 05/19/2021 12:50:40 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

Stop Engaging in Bad Faith Conversations with People
https://wrongspeak.net/stop-engaging-in-bad-faith-conversations-with-people/


2 posted on 05/19/2021 12:50:56 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

Now what do will we do!!


3 posted on 05/19/2021 12:58:30 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: tbw2
I've modified the headline for my own use:

Stop Engaging in Conversations with People


4 posted on 05/19/2021 12:59:03 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: right way right

Stop conversing and we shall flip tables in the temple and crack the whip!

We can still be productive heh.


5 posted on 05/19/2021 12:59:25 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: tbw2

The author is a pussy


6 posted on 05/19/2021 1:00:25 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: tbw2

So, we’re not supposed to think liberals are mean and nasty??

Liberal snowflakes are the most foul mouthed, dumb, traitorous, anti-white, self-hating, statue destroying, child-killing, history ignorant, Rush hating, booger-eating, seditious, nature hating, aggressive, immature, insane, intolerant, bigoted, stingiest, anti-Christmas, polluting, off-key flat singing, angry, unfriendly, greedy, fascist, hate-filled, mean-spirited, envious, resentful, vicious, close-minded, violent, murdering, child-abusing, amoral, stupid, censoring, horse-punching, book-burning, ignorant, uneducated, unskilled, childish, prejudiced, racist, women-hating, man-hating, perverted, thieving, destructive, American-hating, Christian-hating, muslim-loving, Jew-hating, Israel-hating, communist, vote-rigging, vulgar, dirty, smelly, election-rejecting, regressive, restrictive, prohibitive, bed-wetting, poo-flinging, cop-killing, war-mongering, law-breaking, conservative black hating, and scared little lying thumb-sucking idiots God has ever created.


7 posted on 05/19/2021 1:02:10 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

You are a sage.


8 posted on 05/19/2021 1:02:30 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: tbw2

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. -2 Timothy 2:23 ESV


9 posted on 05/19/2021 1:07:56 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audit. No peace.)
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To: tbw2

The person that wrote this is obviously a hateful nazi. ;-)


10 posted on 05/19/2021 1:10:07 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: tbw2
Nonsense. CNN parroting liberals and CIA paid plants need to be destroyed and humiliated in as few sentences as possible, all day long.
11 posted on 05/19/2021 1:17:26 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: tbw2

as soon as you realize that the lefturd loon you are talking to is clueless, stuck on stupid, and can’t handle the truth, then it is time to end the conversation


12 posted on 05/19/2021 1:17:42 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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"...My definition of bad faith is that the person you’re speaking with does not believe you are speaking from a place of care but a place of hatred..."

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who wish to destroy this country, created in the incredible bright, free, and individually protective vision of our Founders which is codified in the US Constitution and elegantly framed in the Declaration of Independence, and replace it with a tyrannical vision of government created in the sewers of The Soviet Union, Cuba, Communist China, and Venezuela.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who are the most racist people in this country, Leftists, who wish to manufacture grievance to pit people against each other.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who wish to destroy the frameworks of our society, police, medical, infrastructure, and at the same time remove my ability to defend myself and my family with firearms.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who wish to eat out my substance (which I have worked hard for) though confiscatory taxes, and give that money to people they deem worthy.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who spied on and unjustly framed (using all the organs of government at their disposal) an opposing political party.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who subverted, ignored, and outright broke existing election laws under the cover of a pandemic to illegally rig an election.

The people I would speak to from a place of "hatred" are the people who tell me that falsehoods are truths, and truths are falsehoods, knowing full well the difference.

I could go on, but I expect you get the idea. I can find middle ground with people, but not with those people.

13 posted on 05/19/2021 1:40:18 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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I hate the expression “comes/coming from a place of ....” So mealy-mouthed. It is right up there with “I’ll reach out to ...” replacing “I’ll call ...” or “I’ll email ...”

Speak/write directly and to the point, people!


14 posted on 05/19/2021 2:07:10 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: tbw2

Its easier to trigger them into a rage with memes....


15 posted on 05/19/2021 2:11:50 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: mjp
as soon as you realize that the lefturd loon you are talking to is clueless, stuck on stupid, and can’t handle the truth, then it is time to end the conversation

Good advice.

16 posted on 05/19/2021 2:17:18 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.... )
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To: Jeff Chandler

A better edit

Ignore Idiots


17 posted on 05/19/2021 3:13:27 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I don’t engage with idiots - but I do enjoy enraging them and walking away.


18 posted on 05/19/2021 3:51:29 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: CodeToad

Adjectives. You used them.


19 posted on 05/19/2021 7:13:23 PM PDT by NorthWoody (Half of all people are below average, and half of those are in the bottom 25%.)
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To: NorthWoody

I ran out and had to stop.


20 posted on 05/19/2021 7:54:11 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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