Quote from: nullius on September 04, 2020, 03:46:45 PM

Quote from: SwayStar123 on September 04, 2020, 01:44:23 PM

Quote from: nutildah on September 04, 2020, 01:40:55 PM

have also demonstrated a willingness to be reasonable

The man who is right does not command respect, but the one who admits he is wrong

Nonsense. Outside the Cult of Feelings (and I say this in the sense that the statement reeks of group criticism and sensitivity training, common methods of brainwashing), being right does assuredly command respect; and the respectable man most of all respects he who is right. Admission of having been wrong may be respectable or not, depending on the context; when it is, that in no way detracts from the respect accorded he who is right in the first instance; when it is not, lecturing others on what commands respect is a fantastic conceit.

Inductive proof:

The earth is flat, 2 + 2 = 5, and anybody who disagrees with me should be shot.

[Ensuing discussion in which I lecture my nay-sayers on how they owe me constructive criticism instead of toxic insults. How righteous I am!]

Oops, I was wrong! BOW DOWN, RESPECT ME, AND +++++MERIT ME FOR ADMITTING THAT I WAS WRONG!!!

Would you have respected me more if i had completely ignored the stuff nullius said and tried to preserve my pride by continuing the (now) pointless argument or if I had just admitted I was wrong?

Nullius corrected me on my numbers which I had gotten wrong, i was proven wrong, there was no point in me continuing the argument apart from pride, alot of people get blinded by pride and despise admitting that they were wrong,but when I see someone accept that they were wrong, I respect them alot more, so I try to be the same and not let pride blind me