The Baha'i Faith

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But argument and conflict are a part of life, especially when dealing with things about which you're passionate. One can be passionately energetic and assertive in an argument without insulting or trolling or something like that. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect people to remain in some sort of formal polite calm bubble when discussing important things.

And why is that? If you do not remain polite, and calm, then you have most likely allowed your passions to dominate your reasoning abilities. In my opinion, in any discussion of important matters it is reason, not passion, that is most important.

Because people aren't robots, they speak and act with passion when it comes to things they care about. Passion and reason are not mutually exclusive, you can calm and soft spoken or loud, brash and assertive, but as long as the logic of the arguments is well-presented, it's the same argument. I'm sure you've gotten upset or angry over a point of discussion or disagreement at some time in your life, and may have used strong words to express your opinion that didn't fall into the sanitized categories of 'calm and polite'. That wouldn't and doesn't invalidate someone's point just because they make it strongly or pssionately.