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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by visarga on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:00PM (#23315119)
That's a learned behaviour - to ignore opposing arguments. They train themselves to counter arguments they don't like with their own prefabricated arguments, learned from the mass media.

Like, for example: politician X is corrupt, he was caught taking bribes. Counter: everyone is stealing, at least his party gives our group more benefits than the other party.

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by kortilla on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @07:03PM (#23317481)
No, it’s not about ignoring arguments. It’s about talking past each other by adding more anecdotes to an entire class of data the other side does not prioritize.
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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by majewsky on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:46PM (#23315613)
"Everyone is stealing" is actually a rational counter when grounded in sufficient truth. It's depressing, sure, but it can be rational.
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