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Originally Posted by vhawk01
Ignoring everyone who argues in bad faith is gonna be a pretty lonely existence.
not really, i find this thread much more readable without regularly having to see what your write
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Originally Posted by vhawk01
No one argues in good faith, at least not about anything that matters. Its not human nature. No one argues for the purposes of finding truth or what is correct or right.
that you believe this is more a statement on the tragedy of your existence than anything
(not that your mere existence is a tragedy. but it is a tragedy you either have never met someone who genuinely wants to find truth or what is correct or right, or simply cannot conceive that such a thing is possible.)
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Originally Posted by PocketChads
VMF is a troll, right?
I mean, if "troll" is "someone unburdened by notions of truth or reality or facts," then I'd say yes
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Originally Posted by BAIDS
its bc people want to be part of an actual conversation rather than some stupid debating society-esque game
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Originally Posted by BAIDS
yes real people are full of contradictions. thats not the point
lets say i want to talk about the pro-life vs pro-choice thing. im pro-choice and i want to discuss the issue with someone on the other side. you jump in and say yo im pro-life lets do it
lets assume you're not actually a pro-lifer, but that you know the argument inside out and can accurately portray one. thats not good enough. i might want to know how you arrived at your pro-life position, whether you've ever questioned it, what made you question it, how you evaluate the arguments against your position and so on.
you cant do any of that because you're not the genuine article. i dont care to hear a fiction regarding about how the character you are playing came to his pro-life position. it might be plausible and it might be logically consistent but its not real and im not interested
this is why people were so pissed off with dblj when he was outed as a fake
you are the wind beneath my wings