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The end goal of debates is not to change your opponent's mind, but to present your ideas and reasoning to the people watching in a convincing way.
I stop when it is clear the other person is arguing in bad faith.
The block button is your strongest weapon against trolls.
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I don't want to be on my death bed wishing I had argued more, so I'm doing what I can while I'm young and ornery
I don’t have any friends still alive to argue with so I gotta fuss at sonsabitches I don’t know!
Laughs in does not read replies
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Yes, and if you don't agree you can debate me!
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Mostly, yes a lot!
Writing about my thoughts, opinions and positions has helped me understand them even better!
You're rarely going to change anyone's position online, as sadly most aren't arguing in good faith. BUT responding to rebuttals from others and questions (good faith or bad faith) leads to a very cool intellectual exercise where you get to probe your positions from so many different angles.
If things become toxic or brain-rotty, then you can just disengage without explanation! Kinda cool actually!!!
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I can answer with confidence: sometimes!
It is fun arguing with people you disagree with as long as both argues in good faith and has uses good etiquette. Both needs to be open minded to a certain degree.
The goal of a conversation is not to convince, but rather to explore your own and their mind. To grow together. A conversation is not a competition, we should not aim to "win" a conversation.
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Of course it was.
They were wrong. How are they going to know they are wrong if no one tells them?
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Generally speaking, I don't argue with strangers on the internet with the goal of changing their minds or "educating" them. I mean, I do start with that intention...who doesn't? But by the time I am finished, I realize that I'm just clarifying my own thoughts and positions in my mind.
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To be fair, when you try it in person, they're all "Who are you? How did you get in my house? I'm calling the cops!", then it's no fun at all.
Before I realized there was no point 99% of the time, I didn't think it was a waste of time. Now if I'm feeling generous I think, at least on a platform like Lemmy, best you can hope is like 10% of the time you plant a seed for the person with a wrong idea or opinion that will eventually lead them to a better understanding. I certainly know that's happened to me before when I was wrong. So often, people make the online exchange feel awful though. There's a prominent attitude in many extremist/wrong viewpoints that not only are they right, everyone who thinks differently is an evil asshole.
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I won, so yeah. 😤
yes.
It was the arguing that taught me when not to argue.
If you think you can get beyond pleasure without going through it, we are definitely on different trips. - Zen Without Zen Masters
well, it's not like i have something better to do, lacking an ocean and a nice rock to sit on in the sun.
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Its my crack I can't stop coming back to all while hating every second of it
Oh, I'm about to argue with one right now you little dumbass
This is one of the core principles of modern social media platforms.
It's a hobby.
I made hella dorks melt down on the Dorf fortress message board back in the day so yes
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Us not pushing back on the bullshit and rightwing conspiracy theories is part why we're in this mess!
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Pro tip: Never open your inbox.
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1000% worth it.
If you don't challenge things, you let bullshit flourish and that influences societal views.
Depends if I won or not.
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