How does one know when to leave a 'debate?' These words or phrases can serve as red flags:
"Sheeple"
"Myopic"
"New World Order"
"Zionist" anything
"Wake Up!"
"Open Your Eyes"
"You Need to get Educated"
"You Should See This Documentary"
"You Don't Know How Government Works"
"Corporations Control The Government"
"Wealthy Elite Control The Government"
"Your Vote Doesn't Really Count For Anything"
"Chemtrails"
"Monsanto" (I list this because I'm almost 100% sure this won't be germain to whatever conversation you are having, but it seems to come up from time to time, somebody has seen their Food Inc...)
"9/11 Was An Inside Job"
"Communist" (Unless you are actually talking about Communists)
"Nazi" (Unless you are actually talking about Nazis)
"Facism" (Unless you are actually talking about Facism)
"Race War"
"Water Fluoridation"
"Acorn" (Unless you are actually talking about acorns from trees, or a funny episode of Dilbert)
Other evidence might be extreme leaps of logic. For example, "Environmental Sustainability is essential for our National Security." Someone may also try to dump their entire belief structure on you in the hopes that you make the same convoluted connections between facts and data that they did. For example, if you start by discussing tax policy and then all of a sudden you are hearing about global warming, then it's probably time to leave.
And why should we walk away? Because I'm doubtful that anyone out there is persuasive enough to convince somebody to move out from under the house of cards that they spend so much time putting together. In fact, you may find that they become more entrenched than ever before. Don't believe me? Just look up the 'Monty Hall problem' on Wikipedia and tell me that you accept the premise on its face.
My good friend Karl also has a couple of good thoughts on when to just walk away:
"When whatever we are discussing goes from discussion to argument, and the internal response of, "this is not enjoyable for me anymore".
"Catch phrases and terms used obviously in a fashion of aping intellectualism. They make me think, "I don´t listen to you anymore because you are a fucking idiot, lazy in your thinking and now all I want to do is be really mean to you and shred your beliefs that you obviously don´t understand; watch you get angry at me about it because you can´t defend these beliefs or yourself because they don´t stem from ideas or thoughts of any kind but, feelings - a distinction you clearly don´t understand. Don´t bring that broke ass shit in here, and this won´t happen"
"Sheeple"
"Myopic"
"New World Order"
"Zionist" anything
"Wake Up!"
"Open Your Eyes"
"You Need to get Educated"
"You Should See This Documentary"
"You Don't Know How Government Works"
"Corporations Control The Government"
"Wealthy Elite Control The Government"
"Your Vote Doesn't Really Count For Anything"
"Chemtrails"
"Monsanto" (I list this because I'm almost 100% sure this won't be germain to whatever conversation you are having, but it seems to come up from time to time, somebody has seen their Food Inc...)
"9/11 Was An Inside Job"
"Communist" (Unless you are actually talking about Communists)
"Nazi" (Unless you are actually talking about Nazis)
"Facism" (Unless you are actually talking about Facism)
"Race War"
"Water Fluoridation"
"Acorn" (Unless you are actually talking about acorns from trees, or a funny episode of Dilbert)
Other evidence might be extreme leaps of logic. For example, "Environmental Sustainability is essential for our National Security." Someone may also try to dump their entire belief structure on you in the hopes that you make the same convoluted connections between facts and data that they did. For example, if you start by discussing tax policy and then all of a sudden you are hearing about global warming, then it's probably time to leave.
And why should we walk away? Because I'm doubtful that anyone out there is persuasive enough to convince somebody to move out from under the house of cards that they spend so much time putting together. In fact, you may find that they become more entrenched than ever before. Don't believe me? Just look up the 'Monty Hall problem' on Wikipedia and tell me that you accept the premise on its face.
My good friend Karl also has a couple of good thoughts on when to just walk away:
"When whatever we are discussing goes from discussion to argument, and the internal response of, "this is not enjoyable for me anymore".
"Catch phrases and terms used obviously in a fashion of aping intellectualism. They make me think, "I don´t listen to you anymore because you are a fucking idiot, lazy in your thinking and now all I want to do is be really mean to you and shred your beliefs that you obviously don´t understand; watch you get angry at me about it because you can´t defend these beliefs or yourself because they don´t stem from ideas or thoughts of any kind but, feelings - a distinction you clearly don´t understand. Don´t bring that broke ass shit in here, and this won´t happen"
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