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Originally Posted by underGRADFlame
Interesting take, what's not to say its not stylize "g" and not a number at all...
Perspective is everything and the fact that people believe their opinion is unassailable becomes the biggest factor, you look at that and say its painted why? Is that how it looks from your perspective? Why does one side have to be 100% right?
I don't believe there is any irony in this image... we as a society need to look at things from all angles, even the ones we don't agree with and have discussions... peaceful, rational discussions. While emotion is powerful, it often clouds us and prevents us from any kind of meaningful discussion that could bring about change.
I understand the protests but i don't agree with the means and actions of some of the protesters/rioters/looters/activists. I understand the police and the job they have, I don't always agree with the actions/force used by individual police officers.
But I do know that making choices based on emotion and acting out of anger does nothing to promote meaningful discussion and change, it breeds distrust and caution from the other party and never creates common ground.
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1) yeah, it could be, that is my point, with greater context, and more information we could likely know for certain what it is
2) That is the irony of this picture. People post it as a way of saying, you need to look at things from all angles, but that's the exact opposite of what is going on in this picture. The point of looking at things from all angles, gathering context, and getting as much supporting information as possible is so that you can evaluate your opinion, and maybe change int.
This image shows two people refusing to look at any other angle and the message is "Well, agree to disagree I guess".
What this image shows to me isn't a message of "we can both be right" it's an image of at least 1 person digging in their heels and refusing to change their opinion because they don't want to question their initial conclusion.
I think there is room for a message of "we can both be right" I have no problem with that, I just think this image is stupid and completely counter to that message. Change it to a duck that is also a rabbit, and sure, fill your boots, but this one is dumb.
I'm not rallying against anyone in this thread, or you, I just think this particular image is really dumb.