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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
This is it in a nutshell. It's hard to be respectful of those who believe in absolute verifiable bull####. It's not points of view on policy and morality. It's just fact vs fiction.
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While it can be a challenge and you won’t be able to convince everyone, in my experience respectful persistence does (eventually) change the minds of more people than you would think. Though it’s not usually a fun trip from point A to B. For the most part I think we’re just stuck in cycle where people seem to entrench themselves in their positions and try to convince others that they’re right without getting to the root of why the other person thinks they’re wrong.
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How do you respectfully debate and discuss and convince a flat-earther that the earth is round? They can't be convinced with evidence, because evidence is just made-up by the deep state, Clinton Foundation, liberal elites, blah blah. You can't reason someone out of an unreasonable position.
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I guess my question would be why waste your time debating an issue that has zero real effect on us either way in the first place when you could be discussing more productive things that are simpler to explain or that you could find some common ground on. I mean seriously, what is going to change in either of your lives if one of you successfully convinces the other that the earth is round or flat?
You’re never going to get everyone to agree on everything so there’s no sense wasting time and energy on things like that. Instead focus on issues that actually affect you and you’ll be less drained by endless debates that don’t matter which in turn should help you remain more calm and respectful when engaging with someone who doesn’t agree with you.