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Did he?
Perhaps for you, discussion is about "winning" and "losing." Who gets the most wicked dig. Who gets humiliated. Who succeeds in shutting up the other guy. (Which I suppose I did, at least for now.)
I consider this place to be an ongoing dialog and those engaging in good faith can build upon previous conversations. Take note of whose position has shifted. What arguments resonate and what arguments are weak.
I can refer to this post in the future when someone brings up "JK Rowling literally wants to genocide trans people" again. And Darwin had to stop trolling because I took the time to give him an unanswerable challenge.
This was not a one on one duel between me and Darwin. I admit I did lay into him pretty hard because he annoyed me, but I wasn't writing just for him.
You might do better to personalize things less yourself. You became so irate at me that you tried to block me, then unblocked me just to come and gloat that I wasted my time trying to get a response from Darwin. If I'm supposed to be upset that you think I "lost" or that you stick your fingers in your ears when people argue with you, I am not. I just wish you were more interested in engagement than whatever game of points scoring is going on in your head.
If you insist on tallying winners and losers, I think the winner is the one who carries on with his day and the loser is the one seething as the other guy lives in his head.
Consider worrying less about other people and more about what you can contribute.
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