True... we can venture into hypotheticals about their subject matter.
I got called a troll too. I took it in good humor and spoke of “trollery.”
Anyhow, there’s a point where the discussion is simply enough for the situation. If I push past that, I’ve made it about me. I am glad God is merciful, or every time I ventured into that region, things would immediately go to hell in a handcart. The reality is that the degradation of a situation under supervision of God can often be graceful. There is some window of opportunity in which to correct, and even the correction does not need to be perfect to be effectual.
Agreed! It is difficult to reach people who feel cornered or feel they know less about a topic. Their shield starts to come up, and the conversation begins to close. It’s as though it becomes an attack on one’s intelligence, when it is not. Reaching “adult” people who feel less informed is difficult because it becomes personal really quick, IMHO.