If your goal is to win an argument, then using bad faith offers no advantage.
If your goal is just to do whatever the fuck you want, to not reveal (or possible even have) your actual motives, or to badger people into giving up the exchange, then arguing in bad faith is highly resistant to considered arguments and offers a never-ending supply of counters.
to not reveal (or possible even have) your actual motives,
Yes, if the hidden motives are to irritate, waste time or troll the other person
or to badger people into giving up the exchange,
Here it’s more the other way around. The bad faith accuser gets to quit while claiming victory. If someone’s arguments are not logical then they should just be called out.
If your goal is to win an argument, then using bad faith offers no advantage.
If your goal is just to do whatever the fuck you want, to not reveal (or possible even have) your actual motives, or to badger people into giving up the exchange, then arguing in bad faith is highly resistant to considered arguments and offers a never-ending supply of counters.
Here, not engaging has no effect.
Yes, if the hidden motives are to irritate, waste time or troll the other person
Here it’s more the other way around. The bad faith accuser gets to quit while claiming victory. If someone’s arguments are not logical then they should just be called out.