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RosieG

Why are some people so mean-spirited/cruel/ insulting to those whose views they don't share? Why do they seem to GET OFF on being that way?

Do they believe it enhances their stature by putting other people down? Does it? What do you think when you read people stating an opinion and being attacked for it? Do you admire the attacker or feel bad for the attackee?

Posted - June 28, 2017
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  • 22891
    cause some people seem to like being mean,
      June 28, 2017 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    I wonder more about the people who are so focused on the subject that despite getting countless answers, they spend years asking various forms of the same question. Almost seems symptomatic of a mental illness. 
      June 28, 2017 3:41 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply LO and Happy Thursday. Anyone you KNOW PERSONALLY?
      June 29, 2017 3:03 AM MDT
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  • 7126
    Well enough to know they could use a good therapist to help tackle their passive aggressive behavior. 
      June 29, 2017 5:44 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    I think educators caused some problems a number of years ago when they accepted almost any viewpoint students had on questions that previously had well known answers---as long as those viewpoints could be "justified" by those who held them.

    Unfortunately, that gave unjustified credence to all opinions, right or wrong; and somehow indicated that truth was only in the eye of the beholder rather than something that existed on its own and is the proper object of study.

    So now we have a Rick Perry, ex governor of Texas and member of the Trump administration stating that he doesn't think climate change is caused by anything man is doing and he has a right to be a skeptic with regards to the cause of climate change.

    His comments were recently met by the statement:  "Skepticism that fails to account for evidence is no virtue."

    And if the truth offends some people, who else is more deserving of being offended?





      June 28, 2017 4:14 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    SIGH. Thank you for your thoughtful analysis tom. You may be right. We KNOW that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We never  thought that truth  would be relegated to that same template and exist in the eye of the beholder too. Now it is. I'm gonna ask that question.  Happy Thursday m'dear! :)
      June 29, 2017 3:06 AM MDT
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  • 2219

    I'd put it down to insecurity. 

    It is so much easier than arguing your point, especially if you start to realise you are on shaky ground. 

     

      June 29, 2017 5:23 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    You know what? I think that is a spot-on explanation for it Malizz. It totally makes sense to me! Never occurred to me either. If you are confident then there is no need to be rude or insulting. Good job! Thank you for your reply. It gives me a logical reason for the "why" and so now I won't have to wonder any more! Happy Thursday m'dear! You really helped! :):):)
      June 29, 2017 7:36 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    While argumentum ad hominem is considered a logical fallacy, it frequently is the most appropriate way to characterize the crap advanced by a person in an argument who is suffering from consequent ignorance (lack of due knowledge in a person).

    When I was learning how to rescue a drowning person, I was taught how to disentangle myself from a panicked swimmer who jumps on me and threatens both our lives.

    I assure you, neither a polite request nor a reasoned argument is a part of that protocol. 
      June 29, 2017 1:39 PM MDT
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