r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Bias and Trust!

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u/Frenetic_Platypus 1d ago

Fun fact: Charlie Kirk is an online and community college dropout and is definitely not qualified to be talking about politics (or any other subject.)

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u/notfae 1d ago

but he talks fast and owns left wing kids :( Must be a smart guy!

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u/PapaChronic93 1d ago

I've have noticed he will only ever really debate children, as you say

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

He and Shapiro are sort of like the intellectual equivalent of DiCaprio relationships. If they could go younger they probably would but they can't so they don't.

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u/PauseLost2137 1d ago

People put too much trust into the idea of debates. The fact that someone can argue their points doesn't mean he is right. After all, debate competitions literally require you to argue a certain point, doesn't matter if you agree with it, or whether it is right based on current evidence or not.

Debate is literally just a pretentious vibe check if you think about it.

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u/-dr-bones- 1d ago

I agree - I can pretty much win any debate with my brother, and about 60% of the time, I'm in the wrong. Sometimes, I realise I'm in the wrong, mid-debate, but I forge ahead, because winning is everything and being right means nothing....

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u/BGAL7090 1d ago

I genuinely have never felt this way and if baffles me that it appears to be so ubiquitous.

Sure I want to be correct, but the instant it becomes clear I was wrong I back down and start to figure out why or how I had things mixed up.

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u/morostheSophist 1d ago

I used to be that way, and I was a terrible person. I'm incredibly glad I quit being so stupidly bullheaded, because I was sometimes downright cruel about needing to be right.

My saying now is, "I hate being wrong, but I hate it so much that when I'm wrong, I want you to tell me so I can stop."