Thread: How free are we?

Originally Posted by Caprisun

The fact was that people were talking out of their asses, the point was to challenge their views. Were my comments not warranted? Do you feel their portrayal of the government was honest and factual? I don't think it was, which is why I spoke up.

I'm just saying; when you want to challenge someone's view, do it with facts.

"You're talking out of your ass" is never a sufficient argument, even if you are arguing what you believe to be common sense.

Like I was saying earlier; simply chiming in to say "you're talking out of your ass" (and the like) is no more substantial than anything else anyone has said in the thread. If you have something to contribute, then by all means, contribute. But you can't pose a challenge to anyone's view, with an argument as shallow as "you're talking out of your ass."

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I'm just saying; when you want to challenge someone's view, do it with facts.

"You're talking out of your ass" is never a sufficient argument, even if you are arguing what you believe to be common sense.

Like I was saying earlier; simply chiming in to say "you're talking out of your ass" (and the like) is no more substantial than anything else anyone has said in the thread. If you have something to contribute, then by all means, contribute. But you can't pose a challenge to anyone's view, with an argument as shallow as "you're talking out of your ass."

I disagree, that type of disregard for facts and logic always needs to be addressed. I consider it a worthy contribution to the discussion. There weren't any facts I could challenge with, so I could only use logic. How do you factually prove that aliens have not visited Earth? You can't. Sometimes logic is all you have to rely on. Later in that post I also challenged two points in particular that I disagreed with. When pressed to elaborate on my sentiments, I did so, with logic. When asked for my opinion, I gave it. We may need to just agree to disagree because there is no point in arguing this and I still believe I was right in doing what I did.