dialogue vs debate

angelica

Here is a side issue from another thread:

catch22 wrote:

that might explain a lot. basically what you are saying here is that you have no interest in dialogue or debate. you don't want to respond to anyone else's views or explain your own so that others might understand them. you criticize us for passing judgment on you, when you say right here that once you judge someone else's "purpose" as unworthy (and i would love to know how you do that, because i've never been so hot at looking into the minds of others and judging their motives) you will not discuss anything with them.

what you want is to lecture like a professor without ever having to respond to challenges to your credibility or authority. you are the embodiment of my name: you can see all views, but you have your own. but if we disagree with or question yours, it clearly reveals our innate bias and close-mindedness which renders us instantly wrong. yossarian would be impressed. of course, it is easy to do this when you believe that you are part of some rare 1% of the population with exceptional thinking.

there is huge irony here. you don't feel compelled to respond to other people's points or questions, so instead you make dozens or posts expounding on how you don't need to do so.

I have expressed clearly that I'm always happy to engage in dialogue on the issues that interest me. If people are unwilling to do so without conflict, they are more than welcome to do so. I'm not willing to join. I'm quite able to say my piece and move on beyond the conflict.

there is a big difference between not having a personal interest in someone else's position, and with deeming it unworthy.

your view shows your view. in my view, I don't challenge anyone's assertion. I accept them all. Even when I don't particularly agree, all views stand loudly and clearly for me. I know someday I may come to more clearly understand that perspective, so I embrace it pro-actively.

It's when people cannot see the validity of my own view that I speak to it. That's why I speak to it. It's very common today that the linear mind cannot see outside itself and comprehend what is beyond. The majority view is like this. I accept this 100%. I'm in no way responsible for changing it. I wouldn't presume to try!! And still, I continue to speak to my own view! In-joy!