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Originally Posted by Iliftrocks
Maybe because at least one side in any conversation should be respectable? If you're both gibbering monkeys, there's nobody to respect. In a debate, there are other people watching, who are they going to see as rational? There are respectful ways to let someone know their ideas are poppycock. Minus the "dumb" statement, I think Mr. Sobchak had a very good answer for the statement he debated. ( and yes, this crap started decades before the most recent Bush, but that's another story )
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I'm not advocating calling the person cranking out the dumbassed ideas a dumbass. But by the same token I won't do the false-polite "well I hear what you're saying and I respect that but perhaps you would consider. . ."