Yours were offered with the best of intentions but GIGO (garbage in: garbage out). No matter how long he "thinks", he will invariably come to the same wrong conclusions.
A tactic of the left is to accuse one's debate opponent of being "closed minded" and unable to consider alternate points of view. I always challenge this assertion by saying, "Nonsense. If you can sustain your assertions by virtual of persuasive argument and the introduction of actual evidence I will readily adopt it."
Very occasionally I'll get someone who will attempt an argument but only on the rare occasion. Most lefties do not understand the difference between an argument and an insult.
That made me chuckle. Garbage in: Garbage out. How true.
Yes, my advice for the guy was really just rhetorical, anyway. He has no hope of arriving at a different opinion because he is incapable of that kind of honesty and self criticism. Part of being in the liberal cult requires that group think drown out any genuine critical thinking. Any openmindedness they pretend to have is a lie.
“A tactic of the left is to accuse one’s debate opponent of being “closed minded” and unable to consider alternate points of view.”
So true. This is one of the many tactics leftists have memorized to shut down debate. They go on the attack with insults and accusations and hope that you won’t be quick enough to respond.
It is one of the reasons that they have been so successful with name calling, using words like racist, homophobe, bigot, etc. Those words tend to have a paralyzing effect on a lot of honest people and they waste time refuting an empty charge from a defensive position when there was no shred of proof that those labels ever applied. The honest person feels compelled to prove their innocence of the charge before they even have a standing in the debate. Doing that in the face of smug condescension from the other side is a useless exercise.