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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
It's likely anyone who disagrees is on ignore. Echo chambers are the in thing at the moment, sadly. Either way no point in engaging, just a waste of time for all involved unless to debunk opinion with facts for the benefit of the wider audience.
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I think this is the root of the issue here. If you are not able to accept that your political view is never wrong and that the opposing view is never right then why would you engage? By definition, any information presented that may challenge or contradict your world view will not be accepted.
I personally think that some of the Conservative policies are good. I also think the same about Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens.
I do not agree with most of the Conservative policies and certainly do not agree with their Free Market approach to nation building but what I try not to do is seek out dirt to attempt to paint the Tories as "nasty", etc. What would be the point? You would only be preaching to the converted and for the rest of your audience, well, you are just winding them up at worst or making them laugh at best.
There was a recent example of Young Tory activists caught discussing 'gassing chavs' and 'shooting peasants'. This could have been posted to show how nasty the Tories are but what's the point?
Everyone will, now and again, post what they would, in hindsight, view as the wrong way to approach an argument. I am certainly guilty of this but when this is your standard debating technique it leaves a lot to be desired.
If you want to read this kind of negative rubbish, go to the Daily Mail, Socialist Worker or Express where you will be in your heaven.