You're wrong! /Sarcasm Seriously, there's also destructive arguments where you know you're not changing the other arguer's viewpoint, but instead aiming to cha

You're wrong! /Sarcasm Seriously, there's also destructive arguments where you know you're not changing the other arguer's viewpoint, but instead aiming to change onlookers's views. There's also other types of destructive arguments to maintain standing in a community. For example, if someone comes in on a liberal area and starts talking terrible of trans people. The 'argument' is in part a required demonstration to show everyone else you're serious about maintaining the status quo. The argument will never fix the person, but that wasn't the goal either. It's more of a filibuster with aim to make the other person to leave. Abortion is one such. Gun rights, another. Socialized medicine as well. Taxation. I've never been too sure the effectiveness of the destructive argument, but that form really took hold on pre-musk Twitter.