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Why does a spirited honest difference-of-opinion discussion sometimes turn into insulting attack? What triggers it?

Posted - August 27, 2017

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  • You wouldn't know spirited, honest debate if it bit you on the butt. Your version of "debate" is one reason why there is so much strife and violence in the world. Vicious, demeaning name calling is not, nor has it ever been, debate.
      August 27, 2017 6:12 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Lack of intelligence.
      August 27, 2017 6:13 AM MDT
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  • 2217
    They're losing the argument so they go ad hominem. . 
      August 27, 2017 6:59 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I like that word. Ad hominem. Its so musical. ;)
      August 27, 2017 7:17 AM MDT
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