@maxdancona,
maxdancona wrote:Why should I bother.
Because untrue hurtful claims should be challenged with the truth.
Most people don't believe untrue things because they want to be a bad person. They believe untrue things because they are wrong.
maxdancona wrote:While you are here Oralloy, you have the same annoying habit of presenting your beliefs as facts.
That is incorrect. I present facts as facts.
Sometimes people dislike those facts, but they remain facts.
maxdancona wrote:I don't know if you understand the term "confirmation bias" where you pull out every article, fact or quote that supports your beliefs and ignore the ones that don't.
Whenever I dismiss something as untrue, I provide a sound logical or factual argument to justify doing so.
maxdancona wrote:You will notice that as soon as you start doing that... I tend to lose interest in the discussion since you aren't really discussing anything anyway (a discussion involves looking at ideas from more than one ideological bubble).
The fact that I'm completely correct on an issue does not mean that when I defend the truth it doesn't count as a discussion.
maxdancona wrote:Having a discussion with someone who confuses beliefs with facts is neither productive nor fun.
There is no confusion. When I present facts, they are facts.
maxdancona wrote:Treating such a person with humor might not be productive either, but at least it is fun.
Making fun of people isn't very nice. When I am not willing to participate in a discussion, I simply don't reply.