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Originally Posted by Astros19
There's over 10,000 posts here going back and forth and the answers to his questions have been reiterated over and over. We're over 3 and 1/2 years of going back and forth with each other outside of this forum. I can't speak for everyone but in those 3 and 1/2 years I've figured out at this point no one's changing anyone else's mind and it's futile to attempt to do so.
Seriously, the last couple hundred pages is nothing but bickering, mocking and talking about how bad each side is.
If people haven't realized this by now then I don't know what else can be repeated to make them realize that.
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Rational people with rational differences of opinion can debate and discuss those difference (sometimes heatedly) and still not insult or degrade each other. Hell, I think most of us could go have a beer afterwards.
I respect people who know what it is they believe, why, and can make articulate points and defend their position. I like having conversations with those people and even if we will never see eye to eye or change one another's views, just the exercise of the debate is worthwhile.
It's when you get those glib, one sentence "LOLZ TDS CUCK DIMS" type responses pr the insane "Obama murdered Scalia" nonsense that you know those people aren't capable of defending their beliefs or having a rational conversation. Then, sometimes you throw a few of their own type "rhetoric" at them because that can get frustrating. It happens on both sides and I'm sure I've been guilty of it in the past.
Debating is it's own reward and keeps your mind sharp (and tests your beliefs) so long as you have an opponent you can match wits with (of which there are several that post here).