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[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I agree that the civil war was about slavery and that it's ignorant to deny it, but "I have a degree and you surely don't, by the authority vested in me I declare you an idiot" is a terrible format for an argument, almost any other way of putting it would be better.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I can say from experience that having expertise in an area where people deny reality because of politics can be absolutely exhausting. You can spend your whole life trying to counter the bullshit with fact and get nowhere. Arguing in good faith with someone who argues in bad faith is a losing game. Sometimes you just want to say "Shut up, I know more than you".

Ugh I totally feel it. I have a PhD in sociology... sociology. If another person tells me that my research is just my opinion or that they have a one off anecdotal story that disproves any research I talk about, I might throw up on them. It's very difficult to be civil. But I try my best to educate and remain calm.

[-] bpudding@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

The anti-intellectualism that's infested this country for generations makes it so you almost have more credibilty if you're uninformed.

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