/u/oispa on Why bother discussing politics on reddit?
I've never seen that happen. I think you're right about the basic goal, "to present arguments that the other side won't be able to counter," but I don't think they give up. They double down or go searching for something that someone on Their Side has said that seems plausible. There are a few however who see that if an argument blocks what they believe, then what they believe is constructed of argument instead of reality, and that makes people nervous since all humans fear our tendency to mis-estimate reality.
Posted Dec 1, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC
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