I agree, and I think even moreso something that we do and should be proud of is this: we will try to understand the maximum argument you should be making for yourself before judging whether you are right or wrong.

I disagree heavily with the comparisons that user was making to the racist N-word, because I don’t think the content of the usage is at all comparable really. One is a slur when used against someone of a race and the other is a word that shouldn’t be used without specificity because it lumps people together that have nothing to do with one another. Someone with NPD might correctly be called a narcissist as a medical term (though I’d guess it’s best to say “a person with NPD”). Nobody is correctly identified as the N-word (exception of self-identification for recapturing the term).

The arguments werent too strong honestly, but I think we can try to see the point anyways and imagine what would’ve been a better one ad compare that to our own rationale and adjust. So I pushed a bit more and read the other posts and managed to get some better understanding.

I didn’t become a commie because any real-life MLs convinced me through arguments, but because I forced myself through rethinking my positions after encountering real life situation and people with bad arguments but great points.