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Originally Posted by jammies
I'd say the board is getting better by weeding out the contrarians and stubborn trolls. There's a difference between an opinion and having an INFORMED opinion, you learn absolutely nothing from anyone who just makes assertions with no evidence or logic to their position.
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Meh an INFORMED opinion at the end of the day is still an opinion. The problem is that when you are an extremist all contrary opinions are going to be perceived by you as UNINFORMED. The board is becoming a place of extremists where if you don't tow the line you are ridiculed and attacked by the extremists that believe their idealisms are beyond reproach. It really doesn't matter how INFORMED a contrary opinion is because one side doesn't want to hear it and the mob mentality prevails.
I will never change my belief that everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether you agree with it or not or even if the opinion that is of bad taste. I see a lot of disdain and hatred in the world these days and it's prevalent here. There's a lot of hypocrisy in that individualism is encouraged only as long as it conducted within the boundaries of what is considered politically correct/acceptable however if your individuality crosses the line of being politically correct it's frowned on and ridiculed to no end. Dialogue is being stifled as people are afraid to speak up because of the fear of offending someone and the resulting backlash as we all have seen the mob mentality prevalent here at times.
It's hard not to see in your posts that you think very highly of yourself and your beliefs. Now whether I personally like your style or not I fully know and accept that you are free to speak your mind in the manner you choose. However you are no higher on the totem pole than anyone else here. You are not the smartest person here. Your opinion matters no more than anyone else here and I will never, ever agree that "weeding out contrarians" is a good thing ever in any part of a democratic society.