"Seems like that was sort of what happened when you added some of your personal experience to the conversation, without claiming superiority?"
Yeah, absolutely. I tend not to be too moved by personal stories to be honest, just because they're rarely relevant to wider social issues, and most of us have a horrible story or two we could shar…
"Seems like that was sort of what happened when you added some of your personal experience to the conversation, without claiming superiority?"
Yeah, absolutely. I tend not to be too moved by personal stories to be honest, just because they're rarely relevant to wider social issues, and most of us have a horrible story or two we could share, but I think any reminder that there's a human being on the other side of the screen is a good thing.
Having seen the way Stephanie talks to many other people online (I stumbled across a few conversations with other people), it seems she thrives on as much antagonism as possible, and, predictably, then gets the same in return.
I'm really glad we got the opportunity to humanise the conversation again, but I don't think it's a coincidence that that's the point Stephanie most interest in talking. Some people (not most people thankfully) are just looking for an opportunity to vent.
Interesting. I often share them, mostly so people can understand why I have an opinion that they disagree with. Not that it confirms that my opinion is correct, but the events that influenced. It often doesn't help. There's even a "See, nobody cares" meme, so I suspect your thought on the matter is standard.
"I often share them, mostly so people can understand why I have an opinion that they disagree with"
Yeah, don't get me wrong, it might help me empathise with why somebody holds a position, but it won't convince me that their position is right.
I mean, when talking about social issues, it's very rare that there *is* a "right." What you're trying to do is balance a whole bunch of individual perspectives and arrive at the solution that works best for the most people. So the story of one person doesn't move the needle for me too much one way or another.
"Seems like that was sort of what happened when you added some of your personal experience to the conversation, without claiming superiority?"
Yeah, absolutely. I tend not to be too moved by personal stories to be honest, just because they're rarely relevant to wider social issues, and most of us have a horrible story or two we could share, but I think any reminder that there's a human being on the other side of the screen is a good thing.
Having seen the way Stephanie talks to many other people online (I stumbled across a few conversations with other people), it seems she thrives on as much antagonism as possible, and, predictably, then gets the same in return.
I'm really glad we got the opportunity to humanise the conversation again, but I don't think it's a coincidence that that's the point Stephanie most interest in talking. Some people (not most people thankfully) are just looking for an opportunity to vent.
"𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦,"
Interesting. I often share them, mostly so people can understand why I have an opinion that they disagree with. Not that it confirms that my opinion is correct, but the events that influenced. It often doesn't help. There's even a "See, nobody cares" meme, so I suspect your thought on the matter is standard.
"I often share them, mostly so people can understand why I have an opinion that they disagree with"
Yeah, don't get me wrong, it might help me empathise with why somebody holds a position, but it won't convince me that their position is right.
I mean, when talking about social issues, it's very rare that there *is* a "right." What you're trying to do is balance a whole bunch of individual perspectives and arrive at the solution that works best for the most people. So the story of one person doesn't move the needle for me too much one way or another.