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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Meh an INFORMED opinion at the end of the day is still an opinion.
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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.
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I really can't tell if you're suggesting that no one's views should ever be challenged because no one's opinion is any better than anyone else's. That might be an even worse notion than the groupthink you're arguing against.
You seem to take the view that all opinions are equal. This is clearly wrong. An informed opinion that stands up to scrutiny and criticism is better than a poorly formed one that doesn't. Those latter opinions matter less and should be discarded when they're demonstrated to be flawed.