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It's even more complicated than that though: "dishonest discussion tactics" suggests that the person is doing it with fully conscious awareness and intent, but
by mistermann 4y ago
It's even more complicated than that though: "dishonest discussion tactics" suggests that the person is doing it with fully conscious awareness and intent, but this is far from a safe assumption - and, it isn't a simple binary "is or is not", and it isn't only the usual suspects who commit this technique.
- simonh 4y agoMaybe so, but ultimately it's up to us to take responsibility for the techniques we use in argumentation. I would agree that it's not generally a good idea to try to use an attack on the rhetorical techniques someone uses in order to win an argument. It's best to politely find a way to challenge their argument without attacking them personally for the way they put their case.
- mistermann 4y agoA very reasonable take...but I wonder if there might be a substantially more optimal approach, that is possible.