How you conduct yourself in a debate stops mattering when it stops being a debate. The second someone starts dodging questions and starts saying asinine things, it is no longer a debate. You can't debate someone who will not cease the use of strawmen. Unfortunately, we have a great deal of members who love strawmen. You go in one second from arguing that self defense isn't murder to another moment being told you advocate murder. You could say you do not like yellow and someone would come back with the idea that you hate colors.
Now, that is not to say that we should not be polite when our "opponents" are polite, but when someone takes someone disagreeing with them as a personal affront, they kind of earned a personal affront. I mean, why bother being bitched at for being a big fat meanie face without at least making it worth it?
Now, that is not to say that we should not be polite when our "opponents" are polite, but when someone takes someone disagreeing with them as a personal affront, they kind of earned a personal affront. I mean, why bother being bitched at for being a big fat meanie face without at least making it worth it?
