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Don't buy into the bad faith arguments. They aren't genuinely "asking questions," they're trying to bring what they already believe into the mainstream.
by asdfman123 3y ago
Don't buy into the bad faith arguments. They aren't genuinely "asking questions," they're trying to bring what they already believe into the mainstream.
- ceejayoz 3y agoAKA https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/JAQ_off https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/JAQ_off
- gooseus 3y agoI forget where I read/saw it, but someone once made the point that because there are an infinite number of questions that can be asked, someone is always making some kind of statement based on a conscious decision about which questions to ask, and which not to ask. I think this is especially true when someone is repeatedly ask the same kinds of questions while simultaneously ignoring lots of other really good questions.
- rexkwondo 3y agoHow are you determining what people (strangers) "already believe"?
- asdfman123 3y agoTalking to them on the internet/real life over the past ten years
- rexkwondo 3y agoTo me, that feels like a broad brush and lazy way to shut down any uncomfortable conversation. If you find it works for you, more power to you
- anigbrowl 3y agoEpistemologically you can't be completely sure, but when someone's discourse is habitually interwoven with rhetorical gambits and logical fallacies it's not unreasonable to conclude that they're actually a bullshit artist.
- serf 3y ago>Don't buy into the bad faith arguments. the little known super-power : spotting bad-faith arguments flawlessly.