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Ok, let’s test that. So how do you decide if someone on a forum who you have never met has either: 1) listened with empathy, but still disagrees 2) ignored yo
by pinkfoot 6y ago
Ok, let’s test that. So how do you decide if someone on a forum who you have never met has either:
1) listened with empathy, but still disagrees
2) ignored your argument, but replied with the same answer.
You cannot. So its just a linguistic device to bully other people in a conversation until they agree with you.
- nepeckman 6y agoIt's harder to do over a text forum than in person, but it's not strictly impossible. The low hanging fruit is checking to see if a person is responding specifically to the arguments in your post, or just arguing against a strawman. You can take that a step further and try to determine if their response indicates they understood your argument. This is more error prone, but still a possible method of determining good faith.