Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters

[Sgman91]

[QUOTE=Alice3173;52276098]What's even the point of trying to argue then if you don't actually care if people get your point or not? This is something Trump supporters could do to help alleviate some of the animosity between them and people who are highly critical of Trump and it's not even a remotely unreasonable thing to suggest and yet you refuse to so much as even consider the idea. And then you wonder why people won't take you seriously.

I can say with full confidence that, personally, this attitude of yours has lost you the majority of the respect I previously had for you. If you can't be bothered to help your points come across more validly then I can't be bothered taking you seriously at all.[/QUOTE]

It's not my responsibility to assuage people's unfounded and falsely assumed opinions about me. You're right, I can't be bothered to make pointless posts just to make biased emotion dominated people feel good about me.

You have to understand that I really don't care what every person thinks about me on this forum. All I care about is doing my best to fairly discuss the issues I feel should be discussed. If people want to make some assumption about me because I don't join in on the anti-Trump circle jerk when he does something beyond the pale stupid, then let them. Those people almost certainly aren't going to be honest debaters anyway. Those who are interested in real discussion will have the capacity to read what I write and respond to it without basing their response on their own preconceived assumptions.

Also, there's a difference between someone disagreeing and "not even considering" it. I've considered it and have decided that it's not something I care about doing. You aren't some bastion of truth who is only disagreeable to close minded idiots.

[editline]26th May 2017[/editline]

You know how to best get rid of that animosity? It's super easy. People can just not have animosity. It's not that hard. I promise. Just read what people write and respond to it without attacking the person or making it personal. If you disagree, then express that disagreement without calling them names or making some personal assertion about how bad they are. Congratulations! You've successfully gotten rid of the animosity.