Honestly, I’ve seen a few different definitions for it, from an argument that’s just meant to br antagonistic, another is that it’s one where the one making seeks to win no matter what, another is where the person making it knows it’s wrong but makes it anyway.
Can anyone nail down what arguing in bad faith actually is for me? If so, that’d be great.
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A bad faith argument is where they argue using only fallacy, because their view is objectively wrong and they can’t ‘win’ any other way
Their goal then is not to reach understanding, it’s just to wear the other person down until they get bored of talking to them. Some people like that so much that they’ll form groups to argue like that with people, in bad faith, purely because they find it entertaining (it isn’t much effort to argue in fallacy, and it’s frustrating for the person they’re talking to, so it’s low effort high reward if you find annoying other people to be entertaining)
It’s also just used as a way to derail discussions that don’t involve them but that they don’t want to happen, by interjecting in a way where a critical mass of others will ‘take the bait’ and respond to them instead
The ‘in bad faith’ part of “a bad faith argument” also tends to suggest that they know they are doing it
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