"Emotion is king. Details exist to support emotion."
I've run into people with this worldview as well. I might phrase it slightly differently though:
"Emotion is the main point, it's what we're really talking about. Anything that detracts from that is a distraction."
And I actually do agree with them that not staying on point in a discussion is very annoying and a huge distraction. That certainly is something that can be validated and agreed with.
But emotion is just a state, it's not a position. It's something you fall in and out of. You can't stay angry all the time, or happy all the time. To have a conversation with people who have this worldview, you first have to see if they're willing to move to a calm emotional state. In that state, using reason, evidence, and truth isn't a distraction, but just the opposite, it feeds the feeling of being calm and in control.
"Emotion is king. Details exist to support emotion."
I've run into people with this worldview as well. I might phrase it slightly differently though:
"Emotion is the main point, it's what we're really talking about. Anything that detracts from that is a distraction."
And I actually do agree with them that not staying on point in a discussion is very annoying and a huge distraction. That certainly is something that can be validated and agreed with.
But emotion is just a state, it's not a position. It's something you fall in and out of. You can't stay angry all the time, or happy all the time. To have a conversation with people who have this worldview, you first have to see if they're willing to move to a calm emotional state. In that state, using reason, evidence, and truth isn't a distraction, but just the opposite, it feeds the feeling of being calm and in control.