Comments by "gnarth d\x27arkanen" (@gnarthdarkanen7464) on "How To Get The Upper Hand In Any Argument" video.

  1.  Jake Watson , when you feel personally attacked by a sentiment about some random percentage of the general population, maybe YOU should go back to your own research and try looking the terms up to be sure you are NOT guilty as hell...  ...as opposed to protesting and painting yourself as OBVIOUSLY GUILTY AS HELL. ;o)
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  2. @Pacna Sesim A "proper implementation" comes in the form of a question. The inappropriate method turns accusatory. It's not rocket science. ;o)
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  3. @Pacna Sesim, THAT would be why a "proper" argument or debate between reasonably sensible (even if not exactly educated) people doesn't consist of the "shouting match"... Obviously we're ALL susceptible to "the heat of the moment" intentions that don't get elaborated articulately. It's the duty of BOTH sides of a "proper debate" to call each other out for "BS" and allow for some manner of rephrasing, even retro-actively. Misapplied, and miscommunicated arguments can obscure the whole purpose of a debate, online or off... AND it's worth the effort, if you're remotely passionate about the substance of said debate, to give a reasonable slack to the "others" so they can go back, and examine where the phrasing or wording got in the way... OR they can even understand where they stated the reductio' as an accusation, "You do understand that you're saying..." (for example)... and withdraw that formally, replacing it with an acknowledged and proper line of logic. "Are you sure about that? Because if we step this way... blah-blah... to my concern of the logical next step. {enter absurdity} AND I don't see where you've pointedly avoided that." (more proper example) Today's debates are full of people with zero patience for anything but hearing their own head rattle. (or keyboard "peck") BUT patience is the key virtue of anyone intent on debating and getting progress. I'll spare you ... no. I won't spare you the extra giggle at me, when I saw "fallacious" (regarding "fallacy" obviously) and my twisted brain immediately went to "fellatious" as in "fellatio"... ;o)
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