I get concerned when my interlocutor says something ridiculous (IMO!). I think it may be a pattern to get out of the debate; when things aren't going well. I'm

I get concerned when my interlocutor says something ridiculous (IMO!). I think it may be a pattern to get out of the debate; when things aren't going well. I'm genuinely interested in integrating ideas. It may get rough. But that's the war of ideas.