βThe twisting and gut-turning of my well-placed words to be used against me was unkind and pointed.β
That was not a debate. That was predation.
That was the exact sensation of arguing with someone who was not playing the game of truth. They use your clarity as material.
They do not treat your meaning like something sacred and worth honouring.
They treat it like a rope they can knot around your ankles.
That is not intellectual disagreement.
That is a dominance behaviour dressed up as βconversationβ.