And can you explain your position on thie further?

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And if you find yourself afraid to engage with an answer, or you find yourself struggling to back up your conclusions and opinions with reason, or you find the mere suggestion that your position ought to be explainable offensive, I would strongly suggest you re-examine your position: if you cannot plainly, clearly explain why you hold the beliefs you do, they are, in all likelihood, standing on shaky ground.

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"If you explain too much, people will focus on your explanation and forget your original position, " says Hal Shorey, psychologist and assistant professor at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University, in Chester, Pa.

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