The obvious counterdemonstration would be for me to start calling you names and yelling at you to change your mind.
I won’t bother with that since it’s fairly clear to me that such tactics would be entirely wasted.
Am I wrong? Do you actually believe in this tactic enough to claim that it would also work on you? If not, why do you think it works in one case but not the other?
So you think that telling someone that they’re stupid and should feel stupid is a good way to change their mind?
Has that ever worked for you?
Works all the time. You’ve never heard of peer pressure?
Peer pressure is certainly effective but it’s not clear this is the same thing.
Do you think they consider you their peer?
Do you consider them your peers?
In cases where you’ve actually seen peer pressure work, was it actually because you were able to bully your peers into some behavior?
Yes…that’s how peer pressure works
The obvious counterdemonstration would be for me to start calling you names and yelling at you to change your mind.
I won’t bother with that since it’s fairly clear to me that such tactics would be entirely wasted.
Am I wrong? Do you actually believe in this tactic enough to claim that it would also work on you? If not, why do you think it works in one case but not the other?