I have a brother who is extremely opinionated about everything and aggresssive about it to the point where he stands over you screaming and telling you that you’re stupid if you don’t agree with him. And there’s no off switch! It just keeps going for hours on end without anyone able to get a single word in edgewise as he yells over the top of you.

So I use this tactic to take the heat off. To give us room to breath. It’s absolutely about buying time to think because it’s hard to think under such a constant tirade!

I feel that the question “Can you define exactly what you mean by X” is a valid question because I’ve had many an arguement in the past where each party is using the same terms but meaning something totaly different. You can’t have a productive discussion if you’re not both on the same page when it comes to an understanding of concepts.