Comment on Why does good faith matter ?
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Because there’s no use engaging with someone who is not willing to consider new information or alternative viewpoints. Those people have an agenda to push and often come off as hostile or rude. Much better to just downvote and move on.
IloveyouMF@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It discredits their view points. When you debate you are almost never going to convince the other person the goal is to convince the audience or people who haven’t made up their minds.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 days ago
Why not? Are you that bad at it?
That goes only for trolls and politicians (no, I did not say whether or not a difference exists)
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Often enough, their viewpoints have been discredited already. To me, it’s rarely worth the effort of disputing bunk information if it’s clearly wrong and the person writing it is not engaging in good faith. I know some people enjoy debating, but I prefer to save my sanity most of the time.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
There are better ways of convincing non involved participants than debate, especially it's an argument around human rights, bigotry, transphobia, racism etc. Getting in to a debate normalises the idea that "both sides" of these arguments have similar validity and value.