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Arguments are about core issues, not peripheral issues.

The only way to convict your opponent is on their ground, not your own.

Taking an argument seriously, as if it were the best representation of itself, is the only way to defeat it.

In order to truly disagree, you must discover how much you already agree.

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I know these sound a little fatuous. Can I just lampshade by saying they're all very true? :/

[JasonFruit]

Those aren't fatuous at all. I think Solomon put it well:

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.