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Originally Posted by Resurrection
Do you really think zamler and 2stonedbirds have any intention of considering other peoples arguments and weighing them against all evidence?
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Thats not any of my business. I nor anyone else can influence their opinions if they dont want their opinions influenced, and thats fine.
But we have the choice of just telling them to shut up and never speak but then if they had something to add you could miss it.
I often find that the opinions that I disagree with the most offer an insight that I'd never arrive at on my own. They're more often than not entirely batcrap crazy, but that keeps you in touch with thoughts and ideas that are foreign and maybe makes you think differently than you normally would. It also often explains why we are where we are today, but we'll leave that for now.
Reading isnt hard. Anyone can say their piece and if its garbage we can either choose to ignore it or attempt to change that opinion based on our opinions or other information, but it isnt as though we've been personally injured or harmed.
The free exchange of ideas and opinions is paramount, bullying people into fear of expression of those ideas and opinions is counter-productive.
See: Trump, Donald.
It happens. Hell, I'm certainly guilty of it from time to time but people can call me out too.
I'm no stranger to losing my interwebs-cool or burn out a bit from trying to change other people's opinions.