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1/ Thread -- Avoiding the #MisstatementLoop
Taking the interest in understanding another's position and where they are coming from is key to having a productive conversation / debate.
But what if someone is persistently misrepresenting your position - even if unintentional?
Taking the interest in understanding another's position and where they are coming from is key to having a productive conversation / debate.
But what if someone is persistently misrepresenting your position - even if unintentional?
2/ Of course, the most obvious example of this with clear malice is the Straw Man fallacy (which I won't go into here).
Yet what about where someone restates your position in a way that's not too far off, save some critical flaws that you assume are a simple misunderstanding?
Yet what about where someone restates your position in a way that's not too far off, save some critical flaws that you assume are a simple misunderstanding?
3/ What happens next reveals the problem.
You find you're spending a lot of time attempting to clarify your position in a good faith effort to correct the misunderstanding -- but it isn't working. The other party either isn't getting your original point with repeated attempts...
You find you're spending a lot of time attempting to clarify your position in a good faith effort to correct the misunderstanding -- but it isn't working. The other party either isn't getting your original point with repeated attempts...
