Arguments

At the beginning of class today, someone mentioned that we should respect people for their opinions. Ok, that's fine. Then it was carried onto a person who can make an argument should be respected. All right, but then it was said that an argument itself should be respected. I'm fine with respecting people for their opinions and thoughts. 

I thought it was very important that someone said that it should depend on the argument. People who argue that the Holocaust was for a good reason, or slavery is okay, should then the argument not be respected? And if our arguments reflect personal beliefs then should we not respect the people who make those arguments? 

If an argument is made and it is well thought out, and a lot of time or effort or belief is put into it then certainly you can appreciate the effort someone placed on their viewpoint, extreme as it may be. But some people are very good at making an argument, without much thought or insight, namely for the sake of it. Are they, too, to be respected?

Some people are thinkers and not arguers, do they lose this respect because they don't argue. 

This was only what came to mind when we touched upon that in class earlier. I simply wanted to point out that there are so many different ways to look at that rather than just a crafty argument should be respected. 

I'm not saying that the points that came up in class aren't valid. I agree that we should be respectful of someone's opinion. 

So that was just a thought I wanted to throw out there.