r/news Aug 24 '18

Title Not From Article Oklahoma: 14 year old boy stabs girl repeatedly at school because she wanted to be just friends.

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u/Patrick_Shibari Aug 24 '18

Indeed and that's fair, but you still can't just dismiss an argument by saying you're wrong. I mean, you can, but that's a childish level of discourse. It prevents understanding of the other position and it prevents responses. It's great for emotional arguments and arguments made in bad faith. It's just not a good thing.

I'm hoping you can see that within these posts themselves. Even for this minor thing, I've given you two rather long, thought out arguments that explain why you should make robust responses rather than quick dismissals.

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u/GraduateDegreeDebt Aug 24 '18 edited May 15 '24

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