Comment on Never give up
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 months agoBut - debates don’t better yourself. Only your debating skills in particular get better. It’s a return to Middle Ages with theologists publicly “defeating” heretic and Jewish and Muslim philosophy.
And “turn” is an interesting word, making the association even stronger.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
If you’re debating in good faith you are bettering yourself by improving your understanding of a different view point, and letting your own views be challenged so you can reassess if you still hold them.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
So who debates in good faith and how often?
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Apparently not you.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Well, this comment of yours doesn’t look like a good faith argument.
What I meant is that it takes two sides for one. And when two people are ready to argue in good faith, one may downgrade the level of contention from “argue” to “discuss” without any loss.
(For me and my sister it would still be argue, but we are just rude to each other.)