So the people who disagree with you, don't really disagree with you, they just pretend to disagree with you, because all of their peer group disagree with you?
> But it sounds like you’ve made up your mind and take disagreement as some kind of encouragement.
I do find disagreement of silent onlookers with nothing to contribute irritating yes. Life is too short to fear controversial or unpopular ideas so I take it as encouragement. I'm happy to change my opinion in the face of compelling arguments, not thoughtless people.
This is an interesting article. I find myself disagreeing with the decisions of my coworkers and supervisors frequently, and I argue my position, we come to a conclusion, and that's the end. I don't take the fact that someone disagreed with me personally, but I am always nervous that other people will.
On the contrary, if everyone can see your opinion, then all the people who disagree have the opportunity to say so. There's always someone in the world who disagrees. Add to that the folks who say things they don't believe for fun, and the ones who are paid by businesses and governments to spread propaganda, and you have a real mess.
I whole-heartedly agree with you. People love to demonize who they disagree with, assuming that disagreement is just a proxy for the fact the others are idiots. In reality, it is merely that they hold different values, their source of true facts they believe in are different and prioritize different things.
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