I feel disoriented for a brief period until I realize that what I’d just heard does not have to make sense.
By the way, I think you would have evoked more authentic reactions if you hadn’t begun your post by revealing the badness of the arguments. At least in my own case, knowing an argument is bad before hearing it lets me brace myself and put on my flaw-hunting vest. (The vest is made of flawnel, of course.)
Maybe others differ from me in always being alert to flaws.
I feel disoriented for a brief period until I realize that what I’d just heard does not have to make sense.
By the way, I think you would have evoked more authentic reactions if you hadn’t begun your post by revealing the badness of the arguments. At least in my own case, knowing an argument is bad before hearing it lets me brace myself and put on my flaw-hunting vest. (The vest is made of flawnel, of course.)
Maybe others differ from me in always being alert to flaws.