You are conflating the two even in your post here. Telling a person that they are wrong or right is literally trying to criticize their existence rather than discuss a topic. If your goal is to overcome the problem of others identifying with poorly thought out opinions, then it seems quite pragmatic for you to not identify them with their opinions either. That’s why “you are wrong” inspires immediate ego defenses rather than inspiring one to rethink their position, compared to something like “some people might jump to this hasty conclusion”. When a choice is not tied to their identity, they are far more likely to see that there are other choices they can make.
I don’t know which culture that is, but I would not be quick to claim membership of it!
