I actually think that some of the calumnious agitators actually know that if they troll or obfuscate enough, they will get the thread shut down or so frustrate the other side, that the debate will preemptively shut down.
I really believe that it is an intentional effort to shut down the other side without actually engaging with their ideas.
It doesn't happen a lot, it doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of good debate on this board, but it is certainly a thing.
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