Playing Devil's Advocate

[frandroid]

I like playing Devil's Advocate too much. I should take care of my zine distro instead of arguing both for and against protesting at York. On the same mailing list, to boot.

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[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Another thing that I often do, but thankfully refrained from doing in that thread, is to willfully say something that I know is wrong so that my interlocutor corrects me. The point is that while I know something is wrong, I'm not quite sure what the "right" version is, so by putting out a wrong thesis, I am answered with the thesis I am looking for.

While it's an interesting way of conducting dialogue, I think I should stop using this tactic because it makes me look less knowledgeable than I actually am.

[sabotabby]

Wow, that beats what I did. I was e-scolding people in yorku for criticizing the protestors when kids their age are dying in Iraq, but I saved my tirades against many of the protestors (as individuals) for dinner this evening.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Were you using an alternate account?

Anyway. I guess I should say thanks for pointing me to this community, although maybe I should curse you. We'll see what happens.

[sabotabby]

I used two accounts on yorku, but the lambasting over dinner was a verbal, real-life thing.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

two?! Maybe I should start doing this as well. If I'm going to act stupid, I might as well hide my face.