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Section 4: President & Congress Subject: Covid attitudes Msg# 1171142
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| Jim you’re right. It would be nice to have a dialogue to present opinions and beliefs. That will take a lot of effort on both parties. Each side having their heels dug in as you say presents difficulty. This I believe is due to the media and their influence. Many times truth and facts are left out and viewers suck in the opinions the media wishes to push. Makes it difficult for individuals to discuss things reasonably. Guess we need to try better | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: If someone states something AS FACT (as Mark Mitchell did in Msg# 1171058) that I have not read or heard about, then just maybe I am willing to be educated and ask for the source. If it had been presented as an opinion, then I could easily say "I disagree, here is my opinion." In this forum, I don't often hear "This is my opinion. This is open to discussion. I would like to hear your opinion." Usually, posters here already have their heels dug in and they are not interested in discussing political topics of the day. When I post "What do you think of [any controversial political issue], I usually receive a diatribe containing links to right wing articles on right-wing off-the-wall sources, most of which are not even widely known. And many of the replies do not even relate to my original question. [Q: What do you think about Trump's speech. A: Hillary did this] There is no discussion of this is my opnion and here's why. I usually get these are the facts and no interest in discussion. If I post something on this right wing forum, I get the above response (if anything) and the rest give the orginal responder a one sentence pat on the back. This is not really what I consider a discussion. Isn't discussion one of the purposes of a forum? |
