I’ve had conversations with some Gen-X & Millennials who will not entertain a debate or an opposing viewpoint, and worse — they won’t tolerate it.

This is happening because they were raised by Baby Boomers who taught them that everything they thought or did was precious & was the best, so anything that opposes that or competes with that is bad. Ideas not conceived by them, counterpoints, opposing ideology/theology are all their enemies.

You can’t simply offer a counterpoint to them or engage in a debate. What happens is that they summarily dismiss anything you have to say without examining the facts of their own point of view, and they argue simply to argue and win. Logic has no bearing on the argument/debate.

What’s really bad is that they feel that anyone who opposes them is an enemy, and that to offer a different opinionated viewpoint, or to even prove to them that what they’re saying is factually incorrect is akin to a slap in the face and is a personal attack, even though you’re not personally attacking them — you’re simply attacking the point without any ad hominem attacks at all, but to oppose them is taken to be a personal attack on them, not just their viewpoints, as those their opinions & ideas shouldn’t be disputed by anyone, or off with your head.

You would typically find this same viewpoint from a child on the playground. The problem is that a large segment of our population never grew up.