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unspeakablehorror) wrote2019-09-05 05:29 pm
unspeakablehorror) wrote2019-09-05 05:29 pm
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Arguments
One reason I hesitate to share other people's arguments for things, even when I agree with them, and even when they are well-thought out, is that not all arguments are good for all contexts. Different people may believe the same thing for different reasons. An argument can also be logically rigorous but given in a particularly anti-persuasive manner that I might like to avoid. It's also the case that I simply don't ever encounter people whose beliefs line up with mine 100%, so it's not uncommon for me to agree with one part of an argument and disagree with another. In that case I may feel that it would be better to write up my own thoughts on the issue even if the other person is better at rhetoric (and sometimes that is not hard--I can at times have difficulty expressing even my most basic thoughts).
Obviously this has its disadvantages though, one being is that I am at times almost incapable of giving a good argument whereas someone else may be able to do a much better job of it. I also think it may be better if I do engage more with talking about why I agree and disagree on certain points someone else has given, rather than either unthinkingly passing an argument along as-is or trying to avoid it altogether. But to do that more often, I need to deal with...my confrontation skills.
Obviously this has its disadvantages though, one being is that I am at times almost incapable of giving a good argument whereas someone else may be able to do a much better job of it. I also think it may be better if I do engage more with talking about why I agree and disagree on certain points someone else has given, rather than either unthinkingly passing an argument along as-is or trying to avoid it altogether. But to do that more often, I need to deal with...my confrontation skills.