I believe there are different stages of mourning (or grief) that might point at what I mean more readily. I am talking about 'opinions' that bear some weight to them not some whimsy - certainly things like 'it is my opinion that chocolate tastes good'. — I like sushi
Views and ideas should be dismissed the moment they are found to contradict with reality — Tzeentch
The Reason for Expressing Opinions — I like sushi
Legal slavery would've continued to modern times if people never got angry at it. — khaled
So we're on the cusp of dismissing each other. That is not a pleasant experience — I like sushi
↪T Clark Yes. ↪I like sushi you are pre-emptively dismissing the opinions of others by replacing them with your own. If you're against dismissing opinions, why not find out what they are, rather than deciding what they are? — Kenosha Kid
The rest was to sushi, in agreement with you. — Kenosha Kid
I cannot see how anyone can hold any opinion if there is nothing for it to conflict with. — I like sushi
When we express an opinion or argument it is because we are annoyed/angry with something that causes us distress. We don't 'know' to what degree our view is right but we believe it to be better than other views posed. — I like sushi
It is my opinion that dark gray and black cars look the best. If you think light colored cars are better, that really wouldn't matter to me. — Hanover
Slavery is instrumental to a type of argiculture or industry that is aimed at producing a lot of the same thing or completing large projects. Such as massive plantations of cotton or sugar cane, or building pyramids. Where, for geographical, climate, or other environmental reasons such monocultures are impossible or are made impossible (such as by long droughts, floods, or pests), the agriculture and the industry need to downsize and diversify in order to survive at all, but by then, are not conducive to slavery anymore, at least not mass slavery. — baker
Changing your mind the second you think it contradicts reality, will lead to changing it too often I think. There is merit in some stubbornness. Too many greats were great precisely because they believed what was irrational for their time to believe, and slowly convinced the rest. — khaled
There will be a future time where we look back at this era and think "How were we so stupid, that was so irrational". — khaled
Never yield your points just because a lot of people think differently. — Tzeentch
Philosophy is between you and reality. — Tzeentch
I think some people express opinions to solely rile people up and some do it because they believe they can teach or educate or help others and some people offer opinions to both educate and irritate/anger simultaneously. (Those aren’t the only reasons, imo, either, just some common ones.) — laura ann
And my point is that underneath it is essentially about 'anger/annoyance'. This my be self directed. — I like sushi
I never said that. I am saying they cast out opinions they care about because of anger/annoyance (directed either at themselves, others or something in general). — I like sushi
On the whole, people don't seem to be posting to generate or manifest anger. — Kenosha Kid
What next? Are you trying to convince us that we _should_? — Kenosha Kid
I am saying they cast out opinions they care about because of anger/annoyance — I like sushi
It can be subtle. — I like sushi
Doesn’t seem very healthy either. A schizophrenic may be absolutely convinced of all sorts of plots and demons. But it would be way better for them to yield because people think differently. — khaled
If we could so easily extract truth out of reality, ... — khaled
Others’ perceptions are often important if not sometimes more important than our own. — khaled
A schizophrenic or otherwise delusional person is not healthy to begin with and first needs a psychiatrist, not philosophy. — Tzeentch
Sometimes, but only to the degree one can find those perceptions to be concordant with reality. — Tzeentch
I take it this bit of your post is the bit that actually answers my question: if the majority believe they do not offer their opinion out of anger/annoyance, they are simply overlooking the fact, right? — Kenosha Kid
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