Not that I am unfamiliar with losing arguments. I have lost a billion arguments in my life, and normally I don't care at all. But this was different, for a number of reasons. I think mostly it was because I was trying to defend something I never ever thought I would ever have to defend. Like how you sort of go: "a position I will never have to defend is my decision not to own a slave." But but but. You also think: "If I ever found myself in an argument where someone was asking me to explain why I don't want to have a slave, I would able to have a pretty good go at it." Like you wouldn't walk away from the slave-owning argument feeling all wrong-footed and dumb. Because you would KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT and PLUS IT IS ILLEGAL and you would think at the very least that just naked conviction would see you through.
However.
We were having nice dinner on Friday night, and Dan's friend James said, basically: "Saying that you like music is bullshit. Talking about music is bullshit. Saying that music affects people on a basic level is REAL bullshit."
He then went on to very ferociously defend all of this. And I was just totally bowled over. Because I do agree that people who use their taste in music as a hook to hang their personalities on are losers. But that's all. I FUNDAMENTALLY disagree with every single other thing he said, and the worst part is I couldn't say anything except "But but but you're wrong."
Really I never ever thought I would have to defend liking music.
But also, the pre-last Friday me would have said: "If I was called upon to defend music as a thing, I would do an EXCELLENT JOB."
And I just didn't. I did a terrible job. I feel like I need to apologise to someone.
*It wasn't really an argument. It was a very loud and animated chat.
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