The people who make me despair most are those who are intelligent &articulate & use this to deliberately miss points they don't want to hear
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Replying to @HPluckrose
A deflection here, a subject change there, redefine this, re-nuance that & hey presto - absolutely nothing has been addressed as presented.
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Then you can say 'She ran away cos I challenged her ideas" rather than admit you never once acknowledged what they were.
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I don't know what these people hope to achieve by talking others further & further away from the actual point needing to be discussed.
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Is it just a sophisticated form of: Shame if so. Could have changed my ideas if you'd addressed them.pic.twitter.com/L3ACRX9lIO
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I'm afraid I mute people who won't discuss in good faith now so I don't make mistake of trying to engage again. They waste so much time
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I might be being uncharitable. Possibly its not always deliberate & some intelligent & articulate ppl genuinely don't know how to discuss.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
so, kid gloves for racists, blocking for those you disagree with?
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