Before we lay out a logical argument, it’s worth considering whether that’s what’s required.
Is the person you’re engaging with coming from a place of logic, or from an identity?
If it’s an identity then logic won’t win the argument, because they aren’t looking for logic, they are looking for information that supports their identity.
The other day I wrote a blog saying we are all bigoted. I had a response from someone saying they weren’t bigoted, they were from the ‘school or Informed Enlightenment’.
The fact that the ‘school or Informed Enlightenment’ is actually a form of bigotry meant that I knew I was dealing with an identity, not logic, so no conversation was entered into.
Is there any point entering an argument that can’t be resolved?
When we want something, we are taught to visualise that thing, to focus on that image, until we have it.
Have you ever moved into a new house and seen something that needed fixing and thought “I’ll get on to that soon”?
As humans we have an insatiable desire to explain untoward events so we can get on with solutions.
If a turkey were to assess the state of the world in early December, they would be forgiven for thinking all is well and that the farmer loves them.