• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    It’s called steel-manning, and it’s an important way of testing your own claims. You want to make the best possible argument for you opponen’t beliefs, and then be ready with a strong counterargument. …Which does assume good-faith, rational disagreement.

    • DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      At this point if you don’t want to acknowledge that arguing in bad faith is a bad thing to do then you have already chosen your side.