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Topic: In a Debate, Whats Your First Turnoff?
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 26, 2004 06:33 PM
  
I enjoy a good face to face debate on my favorite topics.(I stay away from online politics tho  ) The first turn off for me is when the other makes a blanket statement by using the word all. I`m done. I can`t get past it. All short people are tax evaders or all redheads pick their nose.  I then realize a reasonable intelligent person has reached their limits on the debate. Whats your turnoff? juniperb  ------------------
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Isis
Newflake Posts: 1
From: Brisbane, Australia
Registered: May 2009
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posted April 26, 2004 07:10 PM
Name calling and snide insinuations. Also, when people attempt to debate feelings. You can't debate feelings. You feel what you feel. No debate there. ------------------
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Eleanore
Moderator Posts: 112
From: Okinawa, Japan
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 26, 2004 07:17 PM
I agree with the all thing, juniperb, because it certainly is not the most accurate word in regards to many issues.Aside from personal attacks, I really don't care for drawn out assumptions based on inferences ... obviously you cannot possibly have heard everything a person has to say, so how can you say that you know exactly how they feel or think? Intolerant views, perhaps, are my biggest peeves, which I think closely relates to my disdain towards "superiority" complexes ... whether in belief, religion, race, sex, age, socio-economic status, etc. I suppose I also appreciate a debate more when those involved attempt to address most, if not all, of the points and questions presented for discussion. ------------------
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 4782
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 26, 2004 10:44 PM
Loss of temper. A good debater can argue for either side nothwithstanding personal opinion or preference. Lose one's temper, and the debate is lost.------------------
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dafremen
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posted May 04, 2004 02:52 PM
Peer garnering tactics. When someone gets that snide little smile on their face and looks around the room at other people for support of their position. Another is when they attempt to use phrases like liberal, bush-supporter, bleeding heart or any other sort of statement whose intent is to degrade another's credibility as a logical participant in the debate.The ho, ho, ho chuckle is one of my all time favorite pet peeves. I like to point out that what they are doing is akin to what children do in schoolyards when they have a weak argument. They either start pointing and laughing, or they start punching. daf IP: Logged |
LibraSparkle
unregistered
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posted May 08, 2004 03:19 PM
I like the ALL thing too. My biggest one is loss of control over emotions. Mostly anger and rage ... people start spewing all kinds of nasty things from their mouths when they become overly emotional while engaged in a debate. IP: Logged |
pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 09, 2004 12:56 AM
You can pick your friends
You can pick your nose
But you cannot pick
your friend's nose....LOL..sorry Juni - but that redhead statement made me think of that ..I hate when debate gets to the point where people fabricate events or facts. They just pull something out of the air - usually something quite malicious and call it truth. IP: Logged |
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