I am biased, towards my version of the truth. Anyone who believes anything should be. Who learns from milquetoast takes?

Being incendiary at times serves to provoke debate or reflection, because if I base my positions on sound reasoning, those who disagree must therefore be unreasonable. Gentle persuasion is futile if someone isn't reasonable or consistent.

If someone thinks I'm wrong, that's great:

They either can stew about it until they realize better, or put me in place, in which case I learn something. That's still a win to me.

In the best case, and oh so common, is their emotions show and can be disected in public... This is important because narratives are a weapon of mass manipulation.