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by kqr 1456 days ago
That depends entirely on whether you add the question as a formality or if you are genuinely interested in why the other person might disagree.
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To me ’…don’t you agree?’ is the sort of rhetoric that parents use to make their kids internalise their beliefs.

If someone disagrees I expect them to speak up, if they’re not so inclined I’m interested to know why, so we can address/resolve that and move on.

The comment says "do you agree?", not "don't you agree?". I agree that the latter sounds condescending, but the former sounds reasonable to me.