A new study links partisan activity on the Internet to widespread online toxicity, revealing that politically-engaged users exhibit uncivil behavior even in non-political discussions. The findings are based on an analysis of hundreds of millions of comments from over 6.3 million Reddit users.
I don’t bother debating abortion because I will never get my “opponent” to view it how I view it. We can both see each other as completely in the wrong yet still be civil because neither of us are meaning to be malicious.
Good, you can’t expect to have a conversation and change someone just like that. An adult that is religious and not extremely sheltered is probably a lost cause when it comes to understanding anything complex. The best you can really do is plant seeds, cause them to question, encourage the questioning and point out the clever tricks they’ve been taught to shut down questioning.
We need to learn to thrive despite the existence if stupid people, they will be born at a consistent rate for eternity. It’s our job to organize society in ways that don’t facilitate psychopaths mobilizing them into their idiot army (e.g. MAGA).
I don’t bother debating abortion because I will never get my “opponent” to view it how I view it. We can both see each other as completely in the wrong yet still be civil because neither of us are meaning to be malicious.
Good, you can’t expect to have a conversation and change someone just like that. An adult that is religious and not extremely sheltered is probably a lost cause when it comes to understanding anything complex. The best you can really do is plant seeds, cause them to question, encourage the questioning and point out the clever tricks they’ve been taught to shut down questioning.
We need to learn to thrive despite the existence if stupid people, they will be born at a consistent rate for eternity. It’s our job to organize society in ways that don’t facilitate psychopaths mobilizing them into their idiot army (e.g. MAGA).
You’re just proving my point. I’m on the pro-life side.