I don’t mean to frame it as a ‘good side vs bad side’ kind of thing, or that it’s a case of ‘right vs wrong’.
I do get what you’re saying about Renathras getting a little ahead of himself sometimes, but at the same time it feels like a situation where he butts heads with someone and because they’re both so passionate about the subject, it ends up like bulls locking horns but neither of them ever seem to move, so nothing is ever really resolved. Not that I think anyone is any more ‘innocent’ or ‘guilty’ of it than others - we all get ahead of ourselves sometimes.
I just feel like sometimes if a person is refusing to budge on a certain subject, there isn’t any point in trying to convince them otherwise. It’s inevitable that people will disagree, and open discussion about it can lead to resolution. Not that it necessarily has to be ‘everyone made up and lived happily ever after’, I do feel like there comes a point where we should acknowledge ‘I’ve made my point as clearly as I can so if others still don’t agree it’s easier to accept it than continue challenging them’