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Originally Posted by woob
What's the usefulness of this part of your post? Rube has already stated that a) he's read and watched a bunch of Peterson's stuff, and b) he's open to having his opinion changed, but so far that hasn't happened with what he's read and what people have provided.
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Not to dwell on it, but I was observing something about confirmation bias that appeared evident in his post - there was an opportunity to take a statement in multiple ways, but he immediately seized on the one that was uncharitable while others said they didn't read the tweet as necessarily saying what he claimed it said. He declined to interpret it any other way, despite himself acknowledging that the interpretation meant that Peterson was taking a position that was very obviously stupid, callous and absurd. The only way you'd be disposed do that is if you already thought he was stupid, callous or both.
It wasn't particularly inflammatory and we've been carrying on a pretty civil discussion despite having some obvious differences on a morally charged subject like "what counts as being honest when engaging with someone's views in an opinion piece", and I don't have any ill will towards Rube.
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Why do you, in many of you dealings on this board, feel the need to interject passive aggressive little bits like this? It's tiring to read, unnecessary, and adds nothing to the debates.
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I think there are many posters who are far more snarky with this sort of thing than I am (including Rube, at times) - and as I say, it was relevant to the discussion. I think you're attuned to me doing it because you happen to side ideologically with Rubecube. So I guess if I've got a speck of sawdust in my eye, well...
That being said, usually when people make a post like yours, a moderator comes in and says "discuss the topic, not the posting style", so why don't we just leave it at that.