The other part is that partisans of the narrative overfocus on the other side’s bad arguments because of most people not being able to check the arguments, and to be frank the entire area is a mess that I’m not willing to go down, and I instead focus on less-charged topics.
Like, all 4 of the examples are great demonstrations of why you need to be able to steelman your opponent, and one of the central problems in politics is people are trapped in a loop of destroying bad arguments instead of focusing on good arguments.
The other part is that partisans of the narrative overfocus on the other side’s bad arguments because of most people not being able to check the arguments, and to be frank the entire area is a mess that I’m not willing to go down, and I instead focus on less-charged topics.
Like, all 4 of the examples are great demonstrations of why you need to be able to steelman your opponent, and one of the central problems in politics is people are trapped in a loop of destroying bad arguments instead of focusing on good arguments.