So we do not agree on something.

Does that mean we cant put down the Chair Force any more?

 

Or y'all could just admit I'm right and you're wrong.

Seriously, though, iron sharpening iron depends on listening, communicating, and discussing disagreements.

Too often people just team up to force their views/ understandings. And they do this not by discussing a topic but by insulting the person holding an opposing view (I think we have all done this at times).

 

To be fair, often both sides explains but there is no communication. People tend to place opposing arguments within a non-opposing contexts to "prove" their opponent wrong. People tend not to hear or understand opposing views.

I think there is something natural to this. We all look at things through a lens of our own understanding and it is difficult to think outside of the boxes we create.

I tend to view personal attacks as frustration. But sometimes people just come here to attack k others (to bully others into accepting their understanding as truth).

We see this in expressions that are fallacies ("the plain meaning", appealing to the masses, begging the question, ect.). I suspect those who take that approach know, at some level, they are not able to defend their argument, get frustrated, and take the next natural step by attacking those who challenge their understanding.

But the problem is twofold. One may not be able to explain their view in a way that another can understand, but also one may be so indoctrinated in their own view that they are unable to understand an opposing position. Both of those lead to frustration and are barriers to communication.

 

I disagree.