Leaving it friendly

I've been in heated debates many times; debates about work, coding and architecture, policy, politics, you name it.I like to have a policy about it... I want to leave things where I can sit down and have a beer with whoever it is I was debating and still be friends.It's a challenge sometimes.Ad hominem attacks damage relationships, and that's never the goal. It also has the opposite effect that you likely want -- insulting in a debate just makes people not listen to you. People who aren't listening can no longer be swayed by your arguments.Then all you've done is reinforced your echo chamber.

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