gbaji wrote:
But honestly, my goal on this forum is less about arguing my positions as trying to get people to recognize and use good arguments versus bad ones. It's something I see far too much of. I'll eternally challenge arguments of the "anyone who doesn't agree with me is bad" form. So there's that. And if the pattern of ratedowns I get is any indication (while we're on the subject anyway), people care less about me challenging their positions on issues as they do with me challenging why they hold those positions. And that's something I find very very interesting.
I don't rate you down when I disagree with you gbaji. I rate you down occasionally when you say something so morally obnoxious and intellectually bankrupt that it would be dangerous to let it stand without comment. Often I don't have the energy to reply to you. Certainly replying to you would be fruitless if I wanted to change your mind. So I let a ratedown stand in for a comment.
You've never challenged me on why I hold my positions. Your propositions are so often wrong to start out with that your syllogisms are worthless to consider and your conclusions almost invariably wrong.