That’s generally consistent with my experience. As I alluded to at the start of this exchange, when I seek clarification of someone’s position, it’s unusual for the person to actually provide it. No matter how polite or respectful I am.
Which is why the idea of stating the other fellow’s position clearly is actually of limited utility at best in practice. At least on the sort of topics I am interested in grappling with.
That’s generally consistent with my experience. As I alluded to at the start of this exchange, when I seek clarification of someone’s position, it’s unusual for the person to actually provide it. No matter how polite or respectful I am.
Which is why the idea of stating the other fellow’s position clearly is actually of limited utility at best in practice. At least on the sort of topics I am interested in grappling with.