07-26-2019, 06:00 PM
(07-26-2019, 05:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Well I am of the opinion that if those we tend to side with point out fallacies in our argument we can work to curb the activity. For instance Dino could tell me my slant was faulty and I'd just chalk it up to "we disagree on everything" but if someone I agree with chimes in and tells me I may be off the mark; I'll take that under more consideration. IMO it can lend itself to more civil discord around here.
I know, I strive to do this. Just the other day someone I always (usually) agree with said something to someone I always disagree with that I felt was unfair and I chimed in and said so; even though I wasn't part of the conversation. I've seen folks plenty chime in into conversations they are not part of when they generally disagree with the poster. I see you assert to not be one of those.
Do I need to share with you a thread where I was constantly called a troll by someone, with whom I was not conversing?
Do I need to point out the times where I have contradicted folks on my side? It's happened recently and in this thread at that. Unfortunately, I don't spend as much time on here as I once did and so I don't often have enough time to interject myself to point out fallacies in conversations I'm not involved in.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
