I don't have a problem with this, basically because I'm right all the time, and the people who disagree with me tend to be ill-informed idiots. I know loads of stuff, and I already know how to think, thanks. I don't seem to have any friends, though.
I think this a very modern incarnation of a of old problem, fuelled by a social media psychosis which has turned certain character types increasingly insular. And angry. And intolerant. And loud.
I casually disagreed with some ‘friends’ recently who brought up Brexit and Trump in conversation (ffs) and I said I had a different view point to them. Their response was: we were shocked by what you said (don’t even remember what I said) and scared by the hatred in your eyes. I need to get new glasses because mine aren’t strong enough, perhaps I looked a bit myopic which they interpreted as hatred. Pair of fuckwits if I may say so!
I find I cannot have discussions with my eldest daughter (who claims she has “always been a socialist”) and her husband (who says he is communist). There is an impossibility of any topic being brought up without that massive glare and physical show of angst. Thankfully my youngest daughter and her hubby are open to pretty much any conversation and are willing to have a reasonable conversation if they disagree with my position.
Many of my friends also say they cannot have conversations with their adult kids. What the heck happened? (I do know about the university indoctrination that has happened but don’t really want to know about it.)
Think about the false information supplied by a Religion to its followers. The Churchs of Europe were at the root of the Holocaust because they essentially said " Don't kill the Jews even though they deserve it" The Pope still calls genocide against Israel and their adherents do listen.
I was ideologically radicalised at university (only half joking here) and came out with an unthinking identikit set of left wing views. Only the trans nonsense shattered it and now I look at things on a case by case basis and sometimes Im not sure of my opinions at all but what a relief it is to think for myself.
I don't have a problem with this, basically because I'm right all the time, and the people who disagree with me tend to be ill-informed idiots. I know loads of stuff, and I already know how to think, thanks. I don't seem to have any friends, though.
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I think this a very modern incarnation of a of old problem, fuelled by a social media psychosis which has turned certain character types increasingly insular. And angry. And intolerant. And loud.
I casually disagreed with some ‘friends’ recently who brought up Brexit and Trump in conversation (ffs) and I said I had a different view point to them. Their response was: we were shocked by what you said (don’t even remember what I said) and scared by the hatred in your eyes. I need to get new glasses because mine aren’t strong enough, perhaps I looked a bit myopic which they interpreted as hatred. Pair of fuckwits if I may say so!
We need to teach critical thinking and debate in schools. This should be mandatory.
I find I cannot have discussions with my eldest daughter (who claims she has “always been a socialist”) and her husband (who says he is communist). There is an impossibility of any topic being brought up without that massive glare and physical show of angst. Thankfully my youngest daughter and her hubby are open to pretty much any conversation and are willing to have a reasonable conversation if they disagree with my position.
Many of my friends also say they cannot have conversations with their adult kids. What the heck happened? (I do know about the university indoctrination that has happened but don’t really want to know about it.)
Think about the false information supplied by a Religion to its followers. The Churchs of Europe were at the root of the Holocaust because they essentially said " Don't kill the Jews even though they deserve it" The Pope still calls genocide against Israel and their adherents do listen.
I was ideologically radicalised at university (only half joking here) and came out with an unthinking identikit set of left wing views. Only the trans nonsense shattered it and now I look at things on a case by case basis and sometimes Im not sure of my opinions at all but what a relief it is to think for myself.