Agree to disagree.
Apr. 13th, 2006 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I hate that phrase.
For one, we're already disagreeing. We don't have to set a formal agreement to start disagreeing with each other.
For another, if I care enough about an issue to argue with you about it, it's likely to be important enough to me that I'm not going to just shut up about it. Okay... not really - I do get into a lot of silly arguments... but many times they're not. And I'm not going to shut up about it to avoid making you feel bad if it's that important.
Because if you're wrong, you need to know. And you need to STOP BEING WRONG. Like, five minutes ago. It's not healthy.
For one, we're already disagreeing. We don't have to set a formal agreement to start disagreeing with each other.
For another, if I care enough about an issue to argue with you about it, it's likely to be important enough to me that I'm not going to just shut up about it. Okay... not really - I do get into a lot of silly arguments... but many times they're not. And I'm not going to shut up about it to avoid making you feel bad if it's that important.
Because if you're wrong, you need to know. And you need to STOP BEING WRONG. Like, five minutes ago. It's not healthy.
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Date: 2006-04-14 03:45 am (UTC)And "even if I'm wrong, you're still wrong."
As soon as I hear those words, I realise I've hit their ideological soft spot. All I need tdo then is decide whether to hit harder now, or exploit it later.
Oh, and I often get this when I've been agreeing with someone for the past ten minutes. It's amazing how little people hear/listen when they're on a roll O_o