• @Daft_ish@lemmy.world
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      142 years ago

      What he is doing is called gish gallop and has soured all forms of debate in America. Its… textbook. You just give out so many arguments, no matter the merit, that it’s a complete slog to counter each of them. Where it falls flat is if you press them on one fucking thing, doesn’t even have to be about the shit they listed and you can easily win any argument with these ass hats.

      It’s funny, cause when you do press them and they see their bullshit isn’t working they go, “no fair.” Pricks, all of em.

      • @Cabrio@lemmy.world
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        92 years ago

        They say that you shouldn’t argue with idiots because they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

        It’s a skill issue, I think too many erudite people refuse to appropriately educate themselves in the ways of the disingenuous, ignorant, and uneducated because those things are incongruent with truth and knowledge.

        They lack the understanding that you need to practice arguing with idiots to get better at arguing with idiots; so they never develop the skills to be pointedly obtuse, belligerent and mean in an effective manner to shut down and wind out other belligerent people. Subsequently they lack the knowledge on how to fight back against wilfully ignorant or disingenuous speech.

        For a nerdy analogy I’m the grey jedi of argumentation.

    • @gayhitler420@lemm.ee
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      -92 years ago

      You got your shit rocked, take the L with dignity, no need to stoop to the level of personal insults if you’re so smart.