with whom?
I have differing reactions in different circumstances.
I am assuming we're not just talking politics here, but any sort of personal disagreement.
I generally start out very placid. And I stay that way for a long time. I don't like fighting, I don't like drama, and I believe there is usually a logical or empathetic way to work out a problem. And I will maintain that demeanor very tenaciously. I never raise my voice. I think I have yelled once in anger, in the past decade. I despise yelling.
However, if someone has become dirty enough in their fighting (and it has to get very bad for me to go here), I will "freeze" them out. That isn't immediate. I will end the situation, walk away, and then make the decision whether it is worth truly freezing them out or not. I take my time with that decision, because I don't seem to be able to undo it once I've done it. Like I said, it takes a pretty extreme circumstance to make me react that way - beyond the context of what I'd call a "disagreement." I have to be greatly wronged for that to be put on the table.
Yup. Personal. I've had right fighters in my life, and it's enough to make one join a convent. No really; it's okay if I don't agree with you. It really is. You don't have to form a firing squad in the interest of getting me to agree.
I never understood people like that. Really? People agreeing with you is so important you'll take a "Yes, the sky is green" even KNOWING that not only do they still think it's blue, but now they think less of you - just to be right? Craziness.
I try to be rational, and stick to the topic. But in real life, the people I argue with rarely respond in kind.
I'm a complete and utter dick. I will even let you know that you are killing innocent kittens by taking your position.
Think of the kittens. Stop your madness.
I can't picture fiddy the "complete and utter dick".
In real life. I've already seen how you act here.