Often I'll answer someone's question on an issue with a highly detailed explanation. I'll go into details, include links, and do the best I can to make sure what I'm saying is complete. You can see some of these efforts preserved in this blog.
Statists will usually then complain that they didn't want a book, just a simple answer.
Other times I'll pare it down to the simplest answer I can come up with, free of links or details they didn't ask for. Thinking that if they have a further question about some specific point, I can expand on that later. If they are interested.
The statists usually then complain that if I'm just going to reply with "a bumper sticker" they're done with me.
I finally came to understand this is a trap. They don't want to get it, so they'll use whatever excuse is most convenient to avoid facing the harsh truth. It wouldn't have mattered how I responded. Not really.
This is why it's more productive to write for The Remnant.
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Could not agree more. Suggest an excellent book; they want a quick synopsis.
Then they have to gall to accuse you of oversimplifying when you sum it all up in a sound bite.
Its just another way of trying to appear open minded, while constantly searching for ways to avoid thinking.
I only focus on those who have cracks in foundation. Otherwise you are pounding against a 6 inch steel wall with a hammer and it's going to take a lot of work and persistence to make a dent.
A cork hammer...
lol correct. I never said what kind of hammer :)