buybuydandavis comments on [LINK] Two Modes of Discourse: Taking everything personally v. debate as sport - Less Wrong
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It's not that the one that gets angry is wrong, it's that if anger or offense is all you've got to refute the argument against, you lose.
"The assumption of the adversarial mode is that if the other person loses their temper, it's because their position is weak."
Seriously, at least TRY to demonstrate reading comprehension.
"When presented with "Jesus is an invisible, magical, wish-granting friend," if the Christian doesn't have either a serious response or a clever quip"
Emphasis added. I hardly think a clever quip is a more worthwhile refutation! Anger at least suggests that there is, on some non-conscious level, an actual objection.
P.P.S. Please continue having a sense of humour ^_^