Is it normal That I have lost the will to respond to people now?

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Maybe they feel the same way about your comments. What you find logical, they might find illogical. Then again it really depends on whether or not they do that intentionally.

I'm surprised you actually made this post. Why do you care so much if people are against you? I always pictured you as being completely apathetic to the disregards of others.

If people don't understand you're point, then it's mostly their fault. I've seen the way you express your opinions and they are clear. I'll admit that it is peoples emotions that cloud their judgement when it comes to seeing what's in front of them. However, as Marisol put it, what you see as logical, one could see as illogical. An argument could be filled with fallacies that the speaker might not be aware of. As you said, even though you put up your logic they'll still see themselves as right. The key weapon that I've observed most debaters have is their stubbornness. Sometimes that in itself can cloud a person's judgements for understanding their opponents stand on the subject at hand.

Anyways, I think that there are people on IIN that see the logic to your usual prose, and obviously your clout in debates, but disagree with your point of view. I think that you should just stop arguing with people who have to resort to insults as a means to combat your philosophy.

Sure.

But you have to accept that in any community, there are people who will always want the last word, who are incapable of understanding the opposing perspective, who won't change their mind based on your argument and who won't always respond without emotion and rely on logic / rationality alone.

It's a microcosm of society really. It is how it is. Boo is you.

Yes, boo is me. :)

I'm kind of losing the will as well. Mainly because I am viewed as a religious nut job and a biologically driven ignorant female. It's gotten kind of annoying. It makes it easy to lose sight of why I ever became interested in this site to begin with.

But whatever. If you enjoy coming here than to hell with the haters, if you're not wronging anyone.

Please don't leave. You can string sentences together and you hold logical debate in high regard. Please don't leave.

I love this just for the "boo is you" thing. But I don't think we're all worth writing off just yet. I try to be logical without being cold, try not to hold grudges, try not to get involved in bickering (flutterhigh is going to comment on this, I just know it), and try to rise above silly insults about me. I'm most certainly not alone there.

There are some great people on the site, of all ages.

Hehe "boo is you" :) that made me smile

Sorry to hear you have lost any respect in responding to others on Is It Normal.
You could try just using the default: "safe(r) mode" as this may weed out some posts that have a more emotional bias towards them.

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I try to be rational with most my comments. I know my perspective on life is different from many users so I do my best to explain it. If you want me to remove my emotion, then you are asking me to not be myself. And I'd like to think my contributions are helpful.

I'm sorry you have lost respect for the community.

I know what you mean and I noticed that too, not just iin but anywhere, how it's very hard to talk about certain topics using logic or facts because they might sound harsh to some people even if they are true, they dont want to hear it brcause they are more worried about hurting others feelings, but I guess that's just how most people are, I was disappointed to find out but sometimes its a good thing, dont give up because there are some who still think like you, even if they are harder to find

Well, it's one thing when you state your opinion, but when you do it strictly to offend people then don't be suprised about the comments you may get back

I can see where you're coming from, to a point. It can feel like a waste of time posting a reply to some users and trying to be fair minded when you don't get the same treatment in return. There are posters who think exaggerating all their arguments and minimising or completely disregarding the counterpoints others make is an intelligent way to have a discussion. It's not, and if you're making the same broken record point ad nauseam then it just becomes incredibly boring to the general community. I've got better things to do with my life than have a one-way conversation.

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