And yes, both polarities of the American political conversation are embarrassingly guilty of failing to do this. Which is not bothsideism. It’s just true. In the context of bitcoin … a lot of bitcoiners are just as guilty as nocoiners of doing this.
I actually *enjoy* debate with nocoiners who make an intellectual effort to criticize bitcoin, or doubt it.
The conversation with nocoiners can be very enjoyable when the debate isn’t the same tired talking points from people that have spent a few hours (at best) in “crypto” where they treat bitcoin, ethereum, cardano, doge, etc as equals. That’s just a disparity of knowledge and understanding where the footing isn’t equal resulting in less of a debate and more of an educational moment (that can also be enjoyable as long as they’re open to it).
Spoiler: Any effort will be categorized as not an "intellectual" effort and therefore dismissed.
