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It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.


Criss Jami


#arguments #bigot #bigotry #bigots #certainty

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.


Peter Kreeft


#listening #logic #sincerity #respect

When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its defence. If you are deeply convinced of its truth, you will perhaps be content to leave it to take care of itself; or, at all events, you will not go out of your way to push its fortunes; for you will reflect that in the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons. In the long run, we say; it will meanwhile cost you an occasional pang to see your cherished theory turned into a football by the critics. A football is not, as such, a very respectable object, and the more numerous the players, the more ridiculous it becomes. Unless, therefore, you are very confident of your ability to rescue it from the chaos of kicks, you will best consult its interests by not mingling in the game.


Henry James


#criticism #opinion #truth #respect

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]


Desmond Tutu


#debate #discussion #persuasion #shouting #africa

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.


Criss Jami


#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

Aku tidak pernah keberatan menunggu siapa pun berapa lama pun selama aku mencintainya" (dalam cerpen Linguae, Linguae, Gramedia, 2007)


Seno Gumira Ajidarma


#cinta #seno-gumira-ajidarma #cinta

Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.


Eric Alterman


#argument #been #big #disappointment #few

The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.


David Baltimore


#argument #been #calling #cloning #congress

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.


Thomas Berger


#argument #find #matter #other #people

I guess when I think about it, one of the things I like to dramatise, and what is sometimes funny, is someone coming unglued. I don't consider myself someone who is making the argument that I support these choices. I just think it can be funny.


Wes Anderson


#argument #choices #coming #consider #funny






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