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| Topic | University bans a rock because it gets called names |
| ParanoidObsessive 08/12/21 11:50:03 AM #50: | Mead posted... do you even know what the actual reasons or motivations were for this rock being moved? Do you know who made the call? Do you care? Or are you just arguing against a begrudged perception? At no point have I actually voiced an opinion about the rock at all. And if I did, unlike nearly everyone else in this topic, I wouldn't do so based on a single article that barely provides any meaningful info on the subject and is of suspect veracity anyway (the New York Post is kind of a shit paper, and it tends towards biased sensationalism). Sources matter. I was simply pointing out that demanding that the universe conform to your interpretation of what is and isn't offensive - because other people's opinions don't actually matter to you - is just as much egotistical asshole behavior as completely dismissing the idea that anyone else can be offended simply because you aren't. In both cases, you're basically declaring your own opinions are incontrovertible fact and then throwing a tantrum until everyone else agrees. It's another symptom of the modern world in general - how we access information today is polarizing how we see the world, and it's always widening the divide between "us" and "them". But no matter how comforting it can be to assume you're one of the ones who are "right" and everyone else is "The Enemy", it's rarely that simple, and often times BOTH extremes are wrong. The knee-jerk response to nearly everything online is "IF YOU'RE NOT WITH ME YOU'RE AGAINST ME!", and all that's ever going to accomplish in the end is leaving pretty much everyone wondering why everyone else is an asshole. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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