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> disagree without teaching That is the single most compelling reason, why I find most people (on|off)line disturbing. They just want to drown out dissent with
by sdoering 10y ago
> disagree without teaching
That is the single most compelling reason, why I find most people (on|off)line disturbing. They just want to drown out dissent without helping other people argumentatively to understand the opposing view.
OK, that is probably, because they oftentimes do not have real arguments and haven't rationalized their position at all.
Maybe the past paragraph is just me being a misanthrope. Or maybe the internet is just too big - as bigger discourses tend to deteriorate.
- johnny22 10y agoFixing "disagree without teaching" is tough when you have to do the teaching to thousands of people across as many or more places. I bet people just get burnt out after awhile.
- sdoering 10y agoI agree. Totally. Non the less, just disagreeing isn't the solution. Neither is justing staying silent. Even for the one in a million chance of a person reading my stuff, I have to at least try to convey my POV with arguments. And I am far from achieving this every time. Very far, actually.