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"I pointed out a flaw in your argument therefore you lose" mentality.

DiamonnesDiamonnes
edited 2011-04-28 21:39:43 in General
Recently, I've noticed a terrible, terrible trend in debates. The idea that if you point out something wrong in the other bloke's argument, your argument is somehow more valid for it. The fact that this mindset has infiltrated the masses worries me.

Comments

  • BobBob
    This is even worse when the flaw is something as trivial as a typo.
  • DiamonnesDiamonnes
    Agreed. I had a case recently in which someone claimed my argument was invalid because I didn't call them by the correct name. -_-

    Is this just a case of a panicked last resort? It seems that way to me.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    Yeah, pretty much. If they're trying to use some tiny mistake as an excuse to debunk your entire argument, they're grasping at straws.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    It's called desperation. People use it when too much pressure is applied to them and the thing they believe isn't being agreed with/factually incorrect.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    What Vorpy said
  • Old SaturnOld Saturn
    I dislike it even more when you are arguing with a person, and then they stop arguing about that, and start arguing about some flaw that they think you have in your personality. Even worse when it has nothing to do with the topic. It happens quite a bit.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Which is why you have to use the ideals of subjectivity to make sure you don't get bent out of shape by something you don't believe in/agree with. If you are throwing a fit over somebody else's opinion, it doesn't look good on you and gives the other person too much advantage and plenty of bad holes to exploit.
  • CommandoDudeCommandoDude
    CRIMINAL SCUM!
    You spelled a word wrong.

    Only stipid people mispell words.

    Therefor your argument is invalid.
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-04-28 22:02:24
    Has friends besides tanks now
    ^^ Well, that's less "flaw in the argument" and more "flaw in the person delivering it", which, while not a justifiable reason to completely ignore the argument itself, is an understandable reason for not listening to that particular person with that opinion. But you're right that it doesn't look good on the person him/herself.

    Hopefully that made sense.
  • Old SaturnOld Saturn
    edited 2011-04-28 22:00:57
    Yeah, you're right Vorps. It's the main thing I need to work on.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    ^^^ I see what u did thar
  • DebossDeboss
    Fallacy Fallacy sucks that way.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase fallacy fallacy.
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