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