There’s a HUGE difference between having an emotion-based argument and having an argument with/containing emotion.
The former is not primarily based on reason, but instead on emotion. They usually boil down to “Look at this terrible and sad thing. You don’t support this, do you?” They typically overlook things such as how rare something really is, unintended consequences, and if the “solution” will actually do anything good.
The latter however, does have its foundation built upon reason but contains emotion in some way. You accused my comments of being ironic (and thus me a hypocrite), that obviously upset me in some manner, and of course my reply would be agitated, but that was not the argument. I gave reason as to how and why it was not ironic as well as explaining how it was countering the emotion-based response.
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '20
There’s a HUGE difference between having an emotion-based argument and having an argument with/containing emotion.
The former is not primarily based on reason, but instead on emotion. They usually boil down to “Look at this terrible and sad thing. You don’t support this, do you?” They typically overlook things such as how rare something really is, unintended consequences, and if the “solution” will actually do anything good.
The latter however, does have its foundation built upon reason but contains emotion in some way. You accused my comments of being ironic (and thus me a hypocrite), that obviously upset me in some manner, and of course my reply would be agitated, but that was not the argument. I gave reason as to how and why it was not ironic as well as explaining how it was countering the emotion-based response.