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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Eh, I kind of disagree here. I think the point is that it’s basically no different than you or I saying it.
Sure, the opinion does or doesn’t have merit based on the opinion. But like if some random off the street yells something at you, there’s no real reason to care. If you told me I had to give weight to every random opinion thrown at me by some random idiot, my life would be a lot worse honestly.
Does it matter what this guy thinks of Tom Morello? No, it doesn’t. It’s not JUST because he’s a nobody, but that’s a big part of it.
I find it funny when people post an opinion they agree with from a random twitter account that has 30 followers. It doesn’t add anything, you can literally copy and paste those words and pretend they’re yours. When it’s an opinion you disagree with from a rando twitter account? No, sorry, I agree with Down here. Who cares? You can find 1000 different opinions if you poll 1000 different people. Why should we care enough to pick apart one random dudes dumbass comment?
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Ubiquitous opinions are not the point. If the argument has merit and the post is well thought out, that’s all that matters. This particular case did not warrant any analysis of the thoughts, but generally, we need to listen to cogent thoughts more, no matter where they come from.
The whole point of social media is to find nuggets of gold among the masses. If we use popularity to determine who has a legitimate thought and who does not, we are no better than the cool kids table in high school. I hope we’re better than that.