body { -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar; overflow-y: scroll; overscroll-behavior-y: none; } .errorContainer { background-color: #FFF; color: #0F1419; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 10%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; } .errorButton { margin: 3em 0; } .errorButton a { background: #1DA1F2; border-radius: 2.5em; color: white; padding: 1em 2em; text-decoration: none; } .errorButton a:hover, .errorButton a:focus { background: rgb(26, 145, 218); } .errorFooter { color: #657786; font-size: 80%; line-height: 1.5; padding: 1em 0; } .errorFooter a, .errorFooter a:visited { color: #657786; text-decoration: none; padding-right: 1em; } .errorFooter a:hover, .errorFooter a:active { text-decoration: underline; } #placeholder, #react-root { display: none !important; } body { background-color: #FFF !important; }

JavaScript is not available.

We’ve detected that JavaScript is disabled in this browser. Please enable JavaScript or switch to a supported browser to continue using twitter.com. You can see a list of supported browsers in our Help Center.

Terms of Service Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Imprint Ads info © 2023 Twitter, Inc.

Conversation

Gracious debate requires gracious victory. If you cause someone to stop and seriously reconsider their perspective, don't force their submission by going 'Gotcha' or 'see! You can't answer that!' Changing a mind is hard enough, let's not make it harder by feeling superior.

5

22

134

It's like, "Oh, I see you did an incredibly difficult and vulnerable thing by displaying uncertainty about your position. I guess now's a good time to JAB at that sore spot!"

9:50 AM · Jan 21, 2018

Replying to

This is my only complaint with that now-infamous

@jordanbpeterson

channel 4 debate. He was super amazing in all the rest of it though.

13

20

Replying to

In fact, that behavior undermines the initial success