What? What a crazy idea, you have arthritis and papilloma wart on your ass for sure! Clear as day!

Strangly said but really they are just saying focus on the problem not the person.

Not sure why you need to convince anyone. Sure you like to run a team by concensus but that is not always possible. Some times you just have to make the call or run it up the chain to have some VP make the call and get people in line.

though i'd argue hat asking about the root cause of argumentation may be crucial to understanding perspective and general direction of reasoning