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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by vijayr on Friday July 24, 2015 @10:42AM (#9942294)
even going in to the discussion you let them drag you down to their level

Not only that, it also encourages them to argue even more in future. These types of people have already formed an opinion and then search for reasons to believe what they chose to believe. The best thing to do in such situations is to walk away.

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Re:Okay, Feminism, It’s Time We Had a Talk About Empathy (2013) by justizin on Friday July 24, 2015 @11:55AM (#9942838)
> The best thing to do in such situations is to walk away.

Unfortunately, if that is the reaction to something like a patch being rejected because it came from a woman, being non-confrontational and ignoring someone who is an idiot, but has power, galvanizes their idiotic power.

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