I find this works the best:
ETA:
Yak: ...what other option is there besides conversation, even if it sometimes can be somewhat contentious?
I would think there are numerous options available to have even the most contentious conversations without the need to insinuate or call someone a drunk or a being stoned or a bimbo, or a dog, or a chick, or, if the shoe was on the other foot, calling someone impotent, or a milquetoast, or a wimp, or yes, even I am guilty of doing, a schmuck.
And then have that contentious conversation on the merits of the conversation in and of itself.
I would think a cordial agreement to disagree would be a much more mature and intellectual way to end a contentious conversation if either side won't/can't budge off their position.
When those insult tactics get deployed, there no longer is any conversation being had. It becomes nothing more than a tit for tat offensive/defensive back and forth
In a lot more times than not, I am the one who is constantly put into the defensive position. For me, it's just been a hard transition from being able to bill hundreds of dollars an hour to argue, more or less because the other side just wants to argue. So, I apologize to all of PunaWeb for any and all past indiscretions continuing any discussion when it turns to mindless insults, even if one thinks that saying those insulting terms is due to one's naturally born into culture(s), or the culture(s) of others inappropriately appropriated.
ETA:
Yak: ...what other option is there besides conversation, even if it sometimes can be somewhat contentious?
I would think there are numerous options available to have even the most contentious conversations without the need to insinuate or call someone a drunk or a being stoned or a bimbo, or a dog, or a chick, or, if the shoe was on the other foot, calling someone impotent, or a milquetoast, or a wimp, or yes, even I am guilty of doing, a schmuck.
And then have that contentious conversation on the merits of the conversation in and of itself.
I would think a cordial agreement to disagree would be a much more mature and intellectual way to end a contentious conversation if either side won't/can't budge off their position.
When those insult tactics get deployed, there no longer is any conversation being had. It becomes nothing more than a tit for tat offensive/defensive back and forth
In a lot more times than not, I am the one who is constantly put into the defensive position. For me, it's just been a hard transition from being able to bill hundreds of dollars an hour to argue, more or less because the other side just wants to argue. So, I apologize to all of PunaWeb for any and all past indiscretions continuing any discussion when it turns to mindless insults, even if one thinks that saying those insulting terms is due to one's naturally born into culture(s), or the culture(s) of others inappropriately appropriated.
“I could say the stupidest things and you’d clap”
-DJT
-DJT