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#1 2011-06-27 11:42:26
- MaxtheWeirdo
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- Registered: 2010-03-18
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Debating Tips
I've heard of many a bad argument on this wide internet, and I want to try to stop it. I present you with tips on how to argue your point better.
1. Never attack the person! This is like invoking Godwin's Law. If you have to attack the person, you really don't have that good of a point.
2. Don't use the First Amendment as a defense- Yes, you may have a right to say something obscene (as an example), but you get to pay the price.
3. Chewbacca Defenses (long rants that have nothing to do with the rest of the deabte) are frowned upon.
More to come...
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#2 2011-06-27 11:52:02
Re: Debating Tips
Something that I find useful is: always being right. 
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#3 2011-06-27 14:42:33
- ProgrammingFreak
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- Registered: 2010-09-04
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Re: Debating Tips
calebxy wrote:
Something that I find useful is: always being right.
lol. And not schizophrenic. xP
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#4 2011-06-27 15:31:37
Re: Debating Tips
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Something that I find useful is: always being right.
lol. And not schizophrenic. xP
What does that mean?
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#5 2011-06-27 15:38:10
Re: Debating Tips
Thanks, but I still stink at debate.
I can see both sides; I agree with both sides (or I disagree with both sides). I often bring in a third army to help it out ( 
) but then it gets closed. xD
So I stink at debate and there's nothing anyone can do about it. ._.
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#6 2011-06-27 15:39:11
- ProgrammingFreak
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Re: Debating Tips
calebxy wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
calebxy wrote:
Something that I find useful is: always being right.
lol. And not schizophrenic. xP
What does that mean?
Having two sides of yourself. Like this:
User1: I think that that means that.
schizophrenic_guy: Yeah me too. No other way.
User2: Well I think that that means this.
schizophrenic_guy: Totally, everyone else is wrong.
And on and on...
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#7 2011-06-27 15:40:46
Re: Debating Tips
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
calebxy wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
lol. And not schizophrenic. xPWhat does that mean?
Having two sides of yourself. Like this:
User1: I think that that means that.
schizophrenic_guy: Yeah me too. No other way.
User2: Well I think that that means this.
schizophrenic_guy: Totally, everyone else is wrong.
And on and on...
That's how I am, and that's not going to change. The person who I talk to last always sounds right. >_<
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#8 2011-06-27 15:43:29
- ProgrammingFreak
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- Registered: 2010-09-04
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Re: Debating Tips
somelia wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
calebxy wrote:
What does that mean?Having two sides of yourself. Like this:
User1: I think that that means that.
schizophrenic_guy: Yeah me too. No other way.
User2: Well I think that that means this.
schizophrenic_guy: Totally, everyone else is wrong.
And on and on...That's how I am, and that's not going to change. The person who I talk to last always sounds right. >_<
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#9 2011-06-27 15:45:04
Re: Debating Tips
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
somelia wrote:
ProgrammingFreak wrote:
Having two sides of yourself. Like this:
User1: I think that that means that.
schizophrenic_guy: Yeah me too. No other way.
User2: Well I think that that means this.
schizophrenic_guy: Totally, everyone else is wrong.
And on and on...That's how I am, and that's not going to change. The person who I talk to last always sounds right. >_<
Like, did you notice how I was on the Antti-Namco side until Max posted his topic, then I was like "Hey, he's right," and now Wave is starting to convince me again.
I fail.
Oh, the Scratch-vs.-Namco RPG was a joke.
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#10 2011-06-27 17:15:19
- AtomicBawm3
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- Registered: 2009-06-27
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Re: Debating Tips
Best tip I can give you: know what the other person is going to argue better than they know it. For example (I don't want to start an argument) if a Christian knows more about evolution than an atheist, he/she can easily see problems with the individual's argument.
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