• ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    Online debates are a spectator sport.

    With that in mind, unless you get enjoyment or benefit from arguing with libs, the only real positive impact you can expect to achieve is by swaying the opinions of onlookers or by informing them about things they wouldn’t otherwise be aware of.

    This requires a careful consideration about how many people are actually going to see your comment and if you’re capable of effectively informing people or of swaying opinion in your favour.

    You may also find that debating with libs online helps you to develop your arguments and to identify the gaps in your knowledge and the errors in your thinking, so that may be some individual benefit that you achieve from this stuff.