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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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Something that I started seeing more and more on social media ( in reddit more than other social media websites) is that 2 people would argue and then a person would just state the other person political affliation and finish the discussion stating that he should be correct because of that.

The more I read the more I think that every idea should be studied as it could be correct.

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[–] rayyy 8 points 6 months ago

Sure everybody has something to say but it is usually the ignorant fool that has to say it the loudest.

[–] stanleytweedle 4 points 6 months ago

Political affiliation\ideology serves much the same purpose as a team sport or religion.

[–] peg 4 points 6 months ago

True, but not everything everyone says is worthy. There are a lot of thoughtless opinions bandied about and you shouldn't assume that everything deserves to be listened to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

No one is willing to listen

[–] oxlikesmath 1 points 6 months ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Dude. There's plenty of idiots out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's statistically near impossible for someone to be wrong about literally everything so while the people I don't respect might have views that are valid in the grand scheme of things that still doesn't mean that I have to value their opinion on it. You can be right about something accidently or for the wrong reasons. If a person has demonstrated their incapability to logical reasoning then I'm not obligated to pay attention to them in hopes that they might make sense about something.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago

Discussions are important. The internet is more about catch phrases and downvoting.

Each side has pro-cons and in a functional government the suds would take the pros from each side to compromise.