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Your argument is effective. What I'm trying to do is more than win an argument. I'm trying to change the nature of our family's discourse and get rid of binary thinking. Just winning arguments doesn't provide me with peace. I've got to win the bloody holy war of ideas.
Make sense? If not, I'll try to elaborate in the AM.
(Edit to add: These are medical doctors I'm making look stupid, which sort of adds to the enjoyment. It's always fun to ridicule the pompous types.
I think I know what you mean. But I fail to see how my preferred argument doesn't prove a logical point?
Maybe I don't know how to convert people's thinking. I'm certainly open to that possibility.
On the other hand, if you're dealing with someone who is the least bit logical, I fail to see how my argument doesn't appeal to the logical side. But hey, I'm all ears.
As I hope I made clear, your argument is sound and I agree with it. If this were a debate, it would be a winning argument. You'd score points.
Our goals, I would hope, are not to score points. Our goal is to get enough people to start questioning the storyline they've been fed for years that entails binary, right/wrong, us/them, red/blue thinking where Orange Man Bad and that the .gov can solve everything, etc..etc... Our goal, to use a terrible phrase, is to win hearts and minds, not debate points.
In trying to win hearts, and maintain family civility, I'm suggesting that if you walk them down the path to either A) find the truth themselves, or B) question their own sources, they'll let go of the ingrained gaslighting and start thinking for themselves. After that, the facts can be laid out.
It's about the thought process, not the facts.
(I love this conversation and am more than happy to continue, but gotta get some zzzzzzz).
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[–] Paladin_Diver ago (edited ago)
Your argument is effective. What I'm trying to do is more than win an argument. I'm trying to change the nature of our family's discourse and get rid of binary thinking. Just winning arguments doesn't provide me with peace. I've got to win the bloody holy war of ideas.
Make sense? If not, I'll try to elaborate in the AM.
(Edit to add: These are medical doctors I'm making look stupid, which sort of adds to the enjoyment. It's always fun to ridicule the pompous types.
[–] Johnny_Ninja 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think I know what you mean. But I fail to see how my preferred argument doesn't prove a logical point?
Maybe I don't know how to convert people's thinking. I'm certainly open to that possibility.
On the other hand, if you're dealing with someone who is the least bit logical, I fail to see how my argument doesn't appeal to the logical side. But hey, I'm all ears.
[–] Paladin_Diver ago
As I hope I made clear, your argument is sound and I agree with it. If this were a debate, it would be a winning argument. You'd score points.
Our goals, I would hope, are not to score points. Our goal is to get enough people to start questioning the storyline they've been fed for years that entails binary, right/wrong, us/them, red/blue thinking where Orange Man Bad and that the .gov can solve everything, etc..etc... Our goal, to use a terrible phrase, is to win hearts and minds, not debate points.
In trying to win hearts, and maintain family civility, I'm suggesting that if you walk them down the path to either A) find the truth themselves, or B) question their own sources, they'll let go of the ingrained gaslighting and start thinking for themselves. After that, the facts can be laid out.
It's about the thought process, not the facts.
(I love this conversation and am more than happy to continue, but gotta get some zzzzzzz).