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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
7. I know.
Wed Aug 28, 2019, 10:53 PM
Aug 2019

Just keep in mind that rarely do you ever change a person's confirmation bias, especially in short exchanges. In fact, you might even be reinforcing their fortress of ignorance because each opportunity they get to react to a challenge fires up their emotional circuits and evokes whatever ideas they have that they think are plausible. Then, they come away with a self-inflicted reward response.

Or, just have a lot of fun with it, be resilient and enjoy the sport of improving your ability to befuddle them using cunning lingual devices like many master debaters.

"Do not argue with a fool. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience." - That's attributed to Mark Twain, but I am not so sure.

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence.”

—Charles Bukowski



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Arguing with a MAGAt [View all] Takket Aug 2019 OP
Nope, pangaia Aug 2019 #1
You only told him to back his claim lunatica Aug 2019 #2
yes. RazBerryBeret Aug 2019 #3
I know. Newest Reality Aug 2019 #7
Why can't we 'own' them? Most of them know next to nothing. Meadowoak Aug 2019 #4
Right? We need to start laughing at cons for getting "emotional" and being snowflakes. Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #6
In real life or on Twitter? sharedvalues Aug 2019 #5
Twitter Takket Aug 2019 #8
Yeah just block sharedvalues Aug 2019 #9
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