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hfojvt

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40. maybe that just means

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 04:01 PM

Jan 2014

you were winning.

Many people though, do not like, and do not enjoy debate.

Further, there are many beliefs involved. Many people do NOT just believe "X is true" at the same time they ALSO believe "only the morally defective or wilfully ignorant do NOT believe X is true."

Especially if they "learned" something in college.

Or the may just believe "X is true" so strongly that it OFFENDS them when somebody doubts the validity of X.

Also, "ideas on earth are badges of friendship. Friends agree with friends in order to express friendship. Enemeies disagree with enemies in order to express enmity."

Disagreeing with ME, and especially with my TEAM, makes you one of the "others". A troll. A PINO. A heretic. Or, in my personal favorite (that I use to describe myself as others see me) an "antidisestablishmentarianist turd".

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Why do disagreements here [View all] cilla4progress Jan 2014 OP

That's a great question. MineralMan Jan 2014 #1

Because it's easy when you are sitting behind a soda-(or beer/wine)speckled computer screen... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #2

Now you may add "iced tea" speckled computer screen... pacalo Jan 2014 #66

you have been here since 2004, and are now asking this? quinnox Jan 2014 #3

OMG. The old message boards from the late 90s! Kurovski Jan 2014 #22

Yep, DU is like the queens tea party compared to other places on the internet quinnox Jan 2014 #24

No harm in setting the bar higher than just above the dregs of humanity. JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #32

I think PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #4

I just find it disappointing cilla4progress Jan 2014 #5

Thread disruption is why that happens sometimes Mojorabbit Jan 2014 #26

maybe that just means hfojvt Jan 2014 #40

Your Mom dresses you funny. FSogol Jan 2014 #6

I think you've got it. JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #33

It has gotten noticeably better since the "5 hides and you're in the naughty chair" Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #7

Cool! cilla4progress Jan 2014 #8

They key is to not respond in kind. Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #17

It's an Internet-wide phenomenon, from what I've seen. Barack_America Jan 2014 #9

I agree that it's an internet thing, not just DU. OnionPatch Jan 2014 #21

Because some people on here don't want to discuss anything Rex Jan 2014 #10

...and then pull out their handy-dandy notebook to write down everything that happened, ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #13

Yes with charts on their wall from the last time so and so offended them Rex Jan 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #36

Yes, I fear you are 100%correct! JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #37

hah! pipi_k Jan 2014 #50

Have you noticed how many arguments begin with a reply that almost always begins with... pacalo Jan 2014 #67

DU is junior high school. FSogol Jan 2014 #38

Because 3rd way/NSA lovers have no winning logical/ethical/moral argument n/t PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #11

Exhibit "A" Bobbie Jo Jan 2014 #54

Whoosh ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #59

I wondered how far down this thread I would have to read snooper2 Jan 2014 #68

But I guess we're getting better ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2014 #69

Because people are so often assholes? Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #12

hahaha cilla4progress Jan 2014 #15

Because actual discussion doesn't really attract interest frazzled Jan 2014 #16

And honest debate might change one's mind. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2014 #28

Well, I think it's pretty impossible to change people's minds frazzled Jan 2014 #31

So true..... Bobbie Jo Jan 2014 #51

It does get tiresome after awhile. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #18

For the threads I'm usually on . . . HughBeaumont Jan 2014 #19

There's a place in the world for the angry young man... LanternWaste Jan 2014 #20

Well said. Also comes from media where outrage and anger substitute for compassion and respect. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #63

Because grudges are carried from thread to thread. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #23

I know shenmue Jan 2014 #25

I'm getting a distinct odor of elderberries here n/t Fumesucker Jan 2014 #27

You smell 'em too? Zorra Jan 2014 #35

Because that's what crude, uneducated people do .... oldhippie Jan 2014 #29

Some OPs are shoting for that exactly outcome. JoePhilly Jan 2014 #30

I was just told by another he was tired of my bullshit. So one B Calm Jan 2014 #34

Because more often than not Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #39

because you're an idiot!!! Vattel Jan 2014 #41

No no no. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #46

good point Vattel Jan 2014 #47

It's the anonymity of the internet. lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #42

Internet anonymity is mostly mythological. MineralMan Jan 2014 #53

One message board I attend mandates real names AngryAmish Jan 2014 #65

I blame Arthur Dent hfojvt Jan 2014 #43

One word Fumesucker Jan 2014 #44

Great question. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #45

Welcome to the Internet. Orsino Jan 2014 #48

But I am not dissing disagreements - or even passionate arguing - cilla4progress Jan 2014 #49

Wow...this thread cilla4progress Jan 2014 #52

I think there are many reasons laundry_queen Jan 2014 #55

anonymity. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2014 #56

Because when many people find that they are losing a debate ... spin Jan 2014 #57

The ability to "agree to disagree" is a wonderful thing steve2470 Jan 2014 #58

Simple. There are a number of assholes here. treestar Jan 2014 #60

Because it's easier to hurl insults than to read and understand jeff47 Jan 2014 #61

BINGO! B Calm Jan 2014 #62

Because people often identify with their opinions. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #64