Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 25-29 Apr 2011 (1911-1915)
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: Akima on 03 May 2011, 23:54 ---
--- Quote ---There is definitely such a thing as hurting your own side's position based on the manner in which you engage in argument, and I wish people could recognize that dividing line.
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Maybe there is, but in my experience this argument is usually just another variation on "Oh, shut up!". Generally people have an extremely low tolerance for hearing things that make them uncomfortable, and saying anything at all about social bias and discrimination that they do not themselves experience, will quickly garner accusations that one is "shrill", "counter-productive", or "always going on about it".
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And there are also times when I hear people who I AGREE with and just want to tell them to shut up because they represent themselves terribly and actually DO hurt their cause.
Throwing everything on people being bigoted is a cop out. He was referring to the fact that the person in this thread refused to explain things for instance because "If you don't get it you will never understand" and basically looked down on everyone that disagreed, or at the least that was the way the text came across.
If you think that is an acceptable way to win people over to your side, I really just don't know what to say to that.
Method of Madness:
@Cold? - You could also make the bad guys winning argument about Reagan.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 04 May 2011, 11:10 ---@Cold? - You could also make the bad guys winning argument about Reagan.
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Expect can Reagan be remembered as a tyrant who transfromed one of the worlds most backward countries into an economic and military superpower in 15 years, while also synonomous with the slaughter of millions of his country's own citizens in various gulags?
Method of Madness:
There are various levels of bad, although he put us trillions of dollars in debt, and can be said to be largely responsible for the anti-intellectualism movement (along with a whole bunch of things I won't even go into here).
...also, you say "transfromed [sic] one of the worlds [sic] most backward countries into an economic and military superpower in 15 years" like it's a bad thing. I'm not saying how he did it was good by any means, but isn't making your country more powerful what a leader is supposed to do?
Is it cold in here?:
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Political arguments into Discuss, please.
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