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Originally Posted by btimbit
I just think people need to be less entrenched in their opinions. You're allowed to have nuanced views, you can think left on one subject and right on another, that's fine. Also realize that things change and what made someone conservative 10 or 20 years ago may not apply today, these are just meaningless labels anyway. The common example is that a true Laugheed PC would be a staunch Alberta NDP supporter today. I'm sure some here think I'm some left-wing hippie, and yet left wing hippies that read the gun control thread would think I'm some right wing nutjob.
The biggest thing to me is that if you can't have your views challenged without crying about being suppressed or bullied, then maybe your views suck and you shouldn't share them. If you can't back up your position then your position is weak. Yes, there are many examples of posters that are dickheads about it, that doesn't erode an entire side of the political spectrum. If your response is just to get your back up and dig in, I say grow up.
But if I say something dumb, and someone calls me out for being dumb (believe me, it's not an unusual oocurance), I'm not going to cry about an echo-chamber. If you're consistently being presented well-thought-out arguments on why what you're saying is silly, then maybe, just maybe, what you're saying is silly.
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When I first saw the headline on this my first thoughts were: 1. that's stupid and 2. why is the city dealing with this?
Posts in this thread made me rethink #1. I've had to think through #2 on my own and I can appreciate it as a valid position, I'd also ask 'why not?'. If the people driving this motion didn't do it then they would definitely 100% apply their efforts to the things I think are more important. Just like I'd go exercise right now if only I weren't wasting my time on this discussion. Because that's totally how it works.
And maybe the idea actually just makes more sense at a civic level.