Sometimes being emotional does make you wrong.
Take an abortion debate. I will pro abortion debate you all day long. My stance being that all abortion should be legal and only the pregnant woman (even if she is a minor) and her doctor should have any say in the decision. But if you prick one wrong nerve I will have to leave the conversation and come back later, because emotionally speaking I don't like abortion because of my personal history I can get quite emotional if certain buttons are pushed. At that point I'm not longer emotionally stable enough to make a rational argument.
Being emotional when debating is only natural, especially when you're debating something you're passionate about. It's when you allow your emotions to hinder your ability to think rationally that it becomes a problem.
Take an abortion debate. I will pro abortion debate you all day long. My stance being that all abortion should be legal and only the pregnant woman (even if she is a minor) and her doctor should have any say in the decision. But if you prick one wrong nerve I will have to leave the conversation and come back later, because emotionally speaking I don't like abortion because of my personal history I can get quite emotional if certain buttons are pushed. At that point I'm not longer emotionally stable enough to make a rational argument.
Being emotional when debating is only natural, especially when you're debating something you're passionate about. It's when you allow your emotions to hinder your ability to think rationally that it becomes a problem.