Does having an opinion mean they have to be willing to debate it?
I can understand the annoyance if the person believes something that's just wrong (as in, can be proven wrong), especially if it's an idea that's caused harm.
But on the other hand, people who feel entitled to arguments and conversations can bug me, maybe because I know people who like to argue for the sake of arguing, and not necessarily about facts, but actual opinions and really trivial things. And so of course they don't use facts to back up their arguments, they rely on yelling over you, constantly interrupting, twisting everything you say, putting words in your mouth (and if you say "I didn't say that," they you get the nasty "no, YOU IMPLIED IT" and even if you didn't, what can you say to that?) and if all else fails snarling some supposedly devastating insult at you and stomping off. And when someone tries to do that constantly, it can be emotionally draining, and yeah I just don't want to get into "debates" with them.
Re: Life's Little Annoyances
I can understand the annoyance if the person believes something that's just wrong (as in, can be proven wrong), especially if it's an idea that's caused harm.
But on the other hand, people who feel entitled to arguments and conversations can bug me, maybe because I know people who like to argue for the sake of arguing, and not necessarily about facts, but actual opinions and really trivial things. And so of course they don't use facts to back up their arguments, they rely on yelling over you, constantly interrupting, twisting everything you say, putting words in your mouth (and if you say "I didn't say that," they you get the nasty "no, YOU IMPLIED IT" and even if you didn't, what can you say to that?) and if all else fails snarling some supposedly devastating insult at you and stomping off. And when someone tries to do that constantly, it can be emotionally draining, and yeah I just don't want to get into "debates" with them.