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Standing Opposed
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Etznab
2022-01-29 15:17:30 UTC
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Democrat / Republican, Vaxxer / Anti-vaxxer, Eckist / Ex-Eckist, Herbivore / Carnivore, Climate Change advocate / Climate Change denier, etc., etc.

If it were simply one, or a few people with opposite views the strength of the argument would probably be considered trivial. However, that is not often the case. No. Rather it is a large group of people standing opposed to the truth which gives weight to their arguments / statements of belief.

IMO it is not just a matter of speaking to one person, or persuading one person from an opposing group to remove their blinders to the actual historical event - that-really-happened truth. I think what one is actually dealing with (when trying to "REMOVE the wool" from other people's eyes) is a kind of group think founded on lies and baseless truths that only exist in their imaginations!
Maplin
2022-01-31 03:37:28 UTC
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Post by Etznab
Democrat / Republican, Vaxxer / Anti-vaxxer, Eckist / Ex-Eckist, Herbivore / Carnivore, Climate Change advocate / Climate Change denier, etc., etc.
If it were simply one, or a few people with opposite views the strength of the argument would probably be considered trivial. However, that is not often the case. No. Rather it is a large group of people standing opposed to the truth which gives weight to their arguments / statements of belief.
IMO it is not just a matter of speaking to one person, or persuading one person from an opposing group to remove their blinders to the actual historical event - that-really-happened truth. I think what one is actually dealing with (when trying to "REMOVE the wool" from other people's eyes) is a kind of group think founded on lies and baseless truths that only exist in their imaginations!
WRT social media they talk about the "echo chamber" effect - they all go
to groups to do nothing but agree with each other and deny and ridicule
anything that doesn't fit with the position they've committed to. So
there's never any chance to even consider any other points of view or
even any information that doesn't support their own. Seems to be true to me
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