I'm not trying to put you down or anything, but that's what I've learned from our many exchanges.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/07/2019 11:08:16 PM
View original postSince when does conversation have to be about making a difference or changing one's mind? Can't it be to try to find understanding and clarity? To try and understand where the other person is coming from?
Sure. But my experience in exchanges with you is that, after we've both set our thinking on the topic in question, further debate really doesn't lead anywhere. It makes absolutely no difference whether I have overwhelmingly good arguments or pretty poor ones - anything that doesn't fit with the opinions you held coming in, will be deflected or ignored.
So to be clear, I do appreciate your reply and it does interest me what your opinion is... but after the initial exchange of views, well, you've asked a question, I've answered it, and if you choose still not to see my points, well, I could rephrase and improve them ten times, I could give you plenty more examples, and still none of it would do any good. We both have better things to do with our time.
View original postYour replay here says to me that you know what I'm thinking. That you somehow know my motivation in what I'm saying. Are you God? Do you know the inner workings & motivations of my heart? What I was saying in my replay that what one person sees as a "lie" from Trump another can very reasonably see as hyperbole and showmanship. And then to add to that, it is the person who is calling it a lie who is actuality projecting their own bias onto the situation (this would be why I wouldn't go to that website).
I can only judge you by what you write here, of course. But you do absolutely strike me as a totally honest person who would own up to it if you found yourself convinced of somebody else's point, so when I see in your posts that no argument anyone makes ever seems to sway you from your existing opinions, I conclude that that's really how it is.
How Fake News Could Lead to Real War
09/07/2019 06:13:06 PM
- 964 Views
Ok, so I stopped reading after this sentance....
09/07/2019 06:47:26 PM
- 332 Views
I can see your point on that one.
09/07/2019 07:41:39 PM
- 317 Views
So on Trump's Lies
09/07/2019 10:23:01 PM
- 377 Views
Sure.
10/07/2019 07:37:25 AM
- 340 Views
So let's talk though these....
10/07/2019 05:59:22 PM
- 418 Views
To be clear, I wasn't expecting you to provide a serious answer, anyway.
10/07/2019 10:39:53 PM
- 350 Views
Really? Why? Because he pretty much showed how silly your points were?
11/07/2019 06:22:28 AM
- 334 Views
No, because I've had far too many entirely pointless exchanges with him.
11/07/2019 08:02:59 AM
- 321 Views
Come on man...don't judge me.
12/07/2019 06:46:18 PM
- 318 Views
I'm not trying to put you down or anything, but that's what I've learned from our many exchanges.
12/07/2019 11:08:16 PM
- 292 Views
How often do we ever succeed in changing someone else's way of thinking?
13/07/2019 12:55:49 AM
- 332 Views
The author seems forgetful of past events
10/07/2019 11:21:33 AM
- 340 Views
Fair point, though a pity you limited your comments to that one line from the whole article.
10/07/2019 11:15:29 PM
- 342 Views
Thr media need to accep tthat they are the reason people don't trust them
10/07/2019 01:07:41 PM
- 352 Views
How is this even about the media? It's about the credibility of governments, not the media.
10/07/2019 10:52:11 PM
- 319 Views
Well, it kind of illustrates his point.
11/07/2019 12:56:17 AM
- 456 Views
It's not 'blatant anti-Trump bias' to point out he's gone above and beyond to ruin his credibility.
11/07/2019 07:31:49 PM
- 294 Views
More like he's learned he doesn't need a particular type of credibility
11/07/2019 08:15:40 PM
- 484 Views
Can you find any examples of pro Tump articles on thier site? *NM*
12/07/2019 01:17:51 PM
- 167 Views
See two posts ago - I already acknowledged that Politico's conservatives aren't really Trump fans.
12/07/2019 11:22:52 PM
- 317 Views
Trump was mentioned 15 times in this article that wasn't about him.
11/07/2019 03:12:38 PM
- 351 Views
I never said it wasn't about Trump, I said it wasn't about the media.
11/07/2019 06:55:58 PM
- 333 Views
The lack of center right or even balanced news sources is the problem
12/07/2019 01:22:18 PM
- 316 Views
Then let me ask a follow-up question: what would such a source sound like?
12/07/2019 11:39:39 PM
- 367 Views