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[quote=Anonymous]You're dealing with someone playing "earnest truth seeker."  They will never answer your question fully and directly.  Instead, they will question any portion of your statement they can identify as possibly drawing out the conversation with a bent towards doubt, even if that has already been asked and answered.  The aim, in a public debate, is to distract from more valid points against the position they wish to defend.  This is an especially effective strategy in an anonymous forum, where they don't need to risk their own public position, and where they can sock-puppet in a few supporting voices.

Better not to engage directly.  Instead, every once in a while, come back to see what's been discussed, then collect your thoughts across those without directly quoting them.  Keeps you from seeming shrill from having to repeat yourself (part of their strategy), and takes more of their time to try to unpack/attack, as maintaining the strategy might require their posts to be short, identifying only one aspect of your position at a time, as they try to make the more complete picture fade into the background.[/quote]

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