Burning ghost wrote: ↑December 13th, 2018, 2:18 am
1) What really bothers me is judging between words said that are plain stupid, ignorant and/or purposefully antagonistic without any aim.
2) Sometimes being offensive is a compliment to the target...
3) If someone cannot see ANY problem with what they’re saying then they are here looking to be refuted strongly...
4) If your own thoughts don’t offend you you’re not thinking hard enough. Other people’s thoughts are tame representations of our own inner demons; oft we simply project our misgivings onto others and blame them for our own lack of underdtanding...
1) Yes, like ad hominem attacks. Pretty common. When you spot them, it’s easy to see that generally they’re used to try to compensate for feeling threatened and having no better argument to offer. The problem is that it seems few are able to identify this logical fallacy and instead allow themselves to be persuaded by such cheap blows.
2) Before homosexual “marriage” was unconstitutionally decreed, and it was really being pushed, and I’d post biological, social and psychological facts and statistics, I was often and viciously attacked personally. Some who saw how they were trying to shoot the messenger because of the ugly truths of the message, told me that I must have hit the target for them to hate me so much.
3) Bigotry is often used hypocritically as ad hominem attacks. What it actually means is
“intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.” Even when I strongly believe one perspective if most accurate, I acknowledge there are always other ways of looking at it. And I try to consider I could be mistaken in some way and need to be open to improvement. Also, if you want to argue well, you become familiar with all sides of th argument.
4) I love how you put that! So true! A common trait in narcissism is projecting and blaming others. Scott Peck suggested that mistakes and bad decisions are not real evil - we all do that to some extent. Real evil is the persistent attempt to shift blame and make others pay. That is damning - in preventing one from progressing.
“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.” - Epicurus