You are brilliant! I'm glad that there are still real thinkers! I have the feeling that thinking is actually soon "racist". Who does not adopt the majority opinion or dares to ask a critical question, is branded as a racist.
It is true that we should listen to each other instead of just trying to shout down the others. Only if we put ou…
You are brilliant! I'm glad that there are still real thinkers! I have the feeling that thinking is actually soon "racist". Who does not adopt the majority opinion or dares to ask a critical question, is branded as a racist.
It is true that we should listen to each other instead of just trying to shout down the others. Only if we put ourselves and our opinions to the test again and again, we come a little closer to the truth. If others critically question us, then this acts as a process accelerator, provided that one is willing to listen to the criticism.
The problem for thinkers is that they often stand alone. Since they each form their own opinion, they cannot simply be assigned to a group. This independence confuses and frightens many people, so that thinkers are finally seen as a danger from both sides. The conclusion of both groups is then: These thinkers are "racists"....
"Since they each form their own opinion, they cannot simply be assigned to a group. This independence confuses and frightens many people, so that thinkers are finally seen as a danger from both sides."
Very insightful and true I think. Figuring out what somebody thinks off they deviate from the script from "their side" is harder than simply deciding they're the enemy/a racist/a TERF/a Right/Left-ist.
Here's to returning to world where simply thinking doesn't scare people.
You are brilliant! I'm glad that there are still real thinkers! I have the feeling that thinking is actually soon "racist". Who does not adopt the majority opinion or dares to ask a critical question, is branded as a racist.
It is true that we should listen to each other instead of just trying to shout down the others. Only if we put ourselves and our opinions to the test again and again, we come a little closer to the truth. If others critically question us, then this acts as a process accelerator, provided that one is willing to listen to the criticism.
The problem for thinkers is that they often stand alone. Since they each form their own opinion, they cannot simply be assigned to a group. This independence confuses and frightens many people, so that thinkers are finally seen as a danger from both sides. The conclusion of both groups is then: These thinkers are "racists"....
"Since they each form their own opinion, they cannot simply be assigned to a group. This independence confuses and frightens many people, so that thinkers are finally seen as a danger from both sides."
Very insightful and true I think. Figuring out what somebody thinks off they deviate from the script from "their side" is harder than simply deciding they're the enemy/a racist/a TERF/a Right/Left-ist.
Here's to returning to world where simply thinking doesn't scare people.