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Attack the post, not the poster

KomradeBishop · 2014-12-17 20:33:42

Not certain whether this better fits Help Desk or here, so feel free to move. When debating on some topics, every now and then you come across a poster who will regularly use straw-men and other deceptive types of argument, and will often avoid dealing with the actual arguments you have made - but will be persistent in…

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#32 26-12-2014 02:24AM

KomradeBishop

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Sure, I always give benefit of the doubt to posters, until they establish a pattern of using the same dishonest tactics/arguments, that have been pointed out to them very clearly and often dozens of times.

The exception, where I am less likely to give benefit of the doubt, is for posters who look suspiciously like a common rereg (or reregs), who troll the same type of threads (where the proof of the dishonestly, is usually shown in their eventual ban for trolling) - rereg trolling is just a more blatant example of the same type of tactics, except the poster is happy to step over the line instead of just constantly toeing it, since they're not worried about a ban.

Interestingly, often you see the rereg trolls who keep getting banned, paired with the posters who use the dishonest tactics this thread is about - sharing support/thanks among each other.

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