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Is that not just saying discount everyone who doesn't agree with what WE want to talk about, and then lets talk about it?
by Fifer82 9y ago
Is that not just saying discount everyone who doesn't agree with what WE want to talk about, and then lets talk about it?
- lhnz 9y agoNo, what I'm saying is that you can't have a discussion between two groups of people and then through the back-door one side tries to get the other to subconsciously accept their principle of 'absolute free-speech'. You both have to be capable of determining whether a belief is sacred or a shibboleth to you and be able to meet half-way. If you don't do this, you'll be starting on the wrong foot. Also, in order to have a moderate discussion with less shouting, it's not a good idea to have it be a free-for-all where anybody can speak. You need people that are willing to negotiate their beliefs with each other.
- lumberjack 9y agoNo. Not everyone contributes to the discussion. Some people have malicious intent. Others are just ignorant. You cannot deal in absolutes. I work in the sciences. If we were to consider every crackpot's solution to the hardest problems in math/physics, we would waste our lives in folly and never get anything done.