RE: "White Noise": The Guide To The Insulting Deflector.
July 29, 2012 at 1:23 am
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2012 at 1:33 am by Reforged.)
(July 29, 2012 at 12:49 am)Shell B Wrote:(July 28, 2012 at 11:46 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: Perhaps but my point is it sets an extremely bad example and appears to lower our standards and integrity infront of an audience who expected better. I say appears because thats not to say it actually does, rather thats the appearance we present. I don't consider it a worthy trade but you're entitled to your opinion.
Not to be too sarcastic, but I didn't realize we were performing for an audience. We're a community of people with different opinions and different methods. Yes, many of us debate extremely dishonestly and many of us (myself included) don't think that adults should have to censor themselves to spare someone's feelings. We get to choose who we care about. Being careful about people who are being dishonest dicks is just too much work. I would rather put my effort in where it is deserved.
When you debate it is very, very rare thing to sway your opponent to your way of thinking. After all, he has invested so much in his view point he has chosen to debate for it. It is the readers who witness both sides presenting their points who will gain the most benefit. Thats why alot of debates are held publically, so people can see both sides of a fair and reasoned argument and come to their own conclusions. It is the audience who deems the point effective or ineffective. If we are just doing it for ourselves then we are missing the point of the debate and it is lesser for it. Whether we see our point as sufficient or not is irrelevant. We'd all like to write our own reviews but if we did we should be in extreme doubt as to how accurate they are.
I don't think asking adults to act adult is censorship. The fact of the matter is if they fail to act as a mature adult they provide the insulting deflector with ammunition and detract from their own argument.
If a point is so important to you that you choose to debate it then you should not sabotage it through a moment of emotional weakness which is after all, exactly what the insulting deflector wants you to do. It should be confronted with calm resolve because that is the one thing they cannot deal with.
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