Current Events > Does how a person responds to a question impact their argument?

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If someone makes an argument or answers a question and they got obviously emotional in how they speak or they aren't calm, do you let this impact how you view what they are saying and whether or not you assume what they are saying is true?

Same with if someone answers something in a calm manner.

Edit:
What I'm really asking is if the speaker's tone impacts the your perception of the argument.
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If they call me a kid, I already know that I've lost
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a calm demeanor usually suggests the person is more level headed and responding rationally. emotions cause us to think illogically at times, so if someone is overly emotional in a response it's a good indicator that person probably isn't being level headed.

so yeah.
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Godnorgosh posted...

You're asking if the speaker's tone impacts the listener's perception of the argument, not the argument itself.

Yes exactly. The tone.
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Bump
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I don't think it does, but I can't think of any examples off the top of my head.

It would probably affect how I respond to them though.
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I focus on the objective material of their statement rather than immediately get triggered over the subjective parts.

Sometimes an emotionally loaded retort is still factually correct. While the person saying it might have a provocative and offensive history, I don't believe that should immediately disqualify EVERYTHING they have said as false. I feel it's okay to still dislike and judge them for their offensive actions and lies in the past. However, it's stupid to also completely ignore when they make a present statement that can be proven true just because you don't like what the speaker has done before. You can hate them AND still acknowledge when they make a correct point.

"A broken clock is still correct twice a day."

Sometimes even villains speak the truth and bring up an inconveniently accurate point. Sometimes heroes need to heed that point to find a more effective solution, besides "nya nya nya you did something offensive in your past, I CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW nya nya nya". Valuable insight on issues can come from a diverse range of sources, even from people you don't want to associate with or support.

When all you allow yourself to hear are the words of the proclaimed righteous, you miss a lot of other human communication.
You become a zealot, the embodiment of refusal to compromise.
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If a person resorts to name calling, insults in general, or emotional flaring, then it only demonstrates that they don't have faith in their own arguments. If someone does this kind of thing, I means I just "won".
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