It's this weird, new tenet that cropped up recently. If you can't shift the goalposts, you can't always be right.
That's the biggest reason why I rarely listen to what people say anymore, this constant need to always be correct means that shifting definitions or arguing semantics, asking leading or gotcha question, that's all discussions on really important or divisive topics boil down to anymore.
It's this weird, new tenet that cropped up recently. If you can't shift the goalposts, you can't always be right.
That's the biggest reason why I rarely listen to what people say anymore, this constant need to always be correct means that shifting definitions or arguing semantics, asking leading or gotcha question, that's all discussions on really important or divisive topics boil down to anymore.