On Passion and Debate

Having opinions on things is good. Being passionate about them is also good. But what's really amusing and sort of sad is how people get so emotional about what they're championing that 1) they're deaf to everything else presented to them and 2) they're no longer forming a cohesive argument and rather resorting to everything (even slightly altering their argument) and being contradictory just to prove a point. Even when that point no longer makes any sort of sense.