How to Argue

[colohan]

Interesting article on how to have a constructive debate:

http://barryeisler.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-argue.html

Chris

(It would be awesome if folks read this article, then sent this thread into the spin zone with their responses...)

 

[Jim Logajan]

Interesting article on how to have a constructive debate:

http://barryeisler.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-argue.html

Chris

(It would be awesome if folks read this article, then sent this thread into the spin zone with their responses...)

His first couple paragraphs appear to me to violate his very first guideline.

Otherwise he seems to cover things I believe are taught in rhetoric and logic courses. I've never taken any rhetoric classes, but I had to take logic and philosophy as a college freshman.

Sometimes insults are appropriate - when the objective isn't argument so much as it is communicating.:wink2:

 

[mikea]

Yes it is!

No it isn't!

 

[Dave Siciliano]

I remember when facts used to matter in debates; don't seem to carry much weight today.

Best,

Dave

 

[ScottM]

No it isn't!

Yes it is!

 

[woodstock]

Having read his Facebook page (reference within the article) I have to say this guy comes across as a tool.

 

[kyleb]

Having read his Facebook page (reference within the article) I have to say this guy comes across as a tool.

Does not, you moron!

;-)

 

[ScottM]

Does not, you moron!

;-)

Who you calling a moron you dipstick??!!??

 

[LearDriver]

Who you calling a moron you dipstick??!!??

Who are you calling a dipstick, you bonehead.

 

[ScottM]

Who are you calling a dipstick, you bonehead.

Hey! I wasn't talkin' to you flea brain!!

 

[Maxmosbey]

I remember when facts used to matter in debates; don't seem to carry much weight today.

Best,

Dave

That is because facts are no longer facts. There are no facts anymore.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

That's not facts! That's just your opinion! The truth of the matter is.....
(insert monopolizing, unsupported monologue here)

 

[timwinters]

That's not facts! That's just your opinion! The truth of the matter is.....
(insert monopolizing, unsupported monologue here)

ummmm...

 

[JeffDG]

Does not, you moron!

;-)

That's not argument, that's contradiction.

 

[woodstock]

That's not argument, that's contradiction.

That's not contradiction, that's gainsay!

Now, I must include this clip that will really show how to argue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

 

[Dave Siciliano]

Sigh! Next well have bevis & Butthead.

 

[Clark1961]

That's not argument, that's contradiction.

Contradiction is one floor up! This is argument.

 

[Everskyward]

You're all idiots!!!

 

[mikea]

That's not facts! That's just your opinion!

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

The Dude abides.​