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Yes, people with opposing personal views have worked together for the entirety of human civilization, if that was not possible we would have no civilization.
by syshum 9y ago
Yes, people with opposing personal views have worked together for the entirety of human civilization, if that was not possible we would have no civilization.
When people with opposing personal views stop working together is when the problems occur. Echo Chambers and Mono Cultures lead to extremism in most instances. This is true no matter what your political or personal world view is.
Peaceful Collaboration in one area of life even with people that in other areas of life you disagree is essential to a functional society.
- pjc50 9y agoWell, apart from the bits of human history where people have decided that, for example, gay people should be exterminated.
- 794CD01 9y agoTrue, but the question was about people who oppose gay marriage, not people who think gays should be exterminated.
- pjc50 9y ago(Effective) opposition to gay marriage has real consequences though too. Just less serious ones.
- testvox 9y agoOpposition to or support of anything important has real consequences. What's your point?
- 794CD01 9y agoOpposition to or support of unimportant things have real consequences, too. Just smaller ones, typically, but the butterfly effect can be a real bitch.
- syshum 9y agoAll political movements have real consequences, so you are effectively saying that a person can not have political opinions you disagree with, and if they do they should be fired from their job. It does not matter what side of the issue you are on, or what your nuanced position is on the issue, if you disagree with my position you should fired. That is what you are saying. I can not support such position.
- coderdude 9y ago> All political movements have real consequences, so you are effectively saying that a person can not have political opinions you disagree with, and if they do they should be fired from their job. Tons of people think this is acceptable. Look at all the people who said you should be fired for supporting the president. They're nutjobs, at best.
- dsacco 9y agoYes, but that’s not relevant to the conversation at hand. No one is saying it’s reasonable to have a CEO who has announced a campaign to eradicate all homosexuality, in an official or unofficial capacity. They’re saying that, when not so extreme as violence, and not expressed in an official capacity, privately held controversial opinions shouldn’t be used to assess an employee’s eligibility for a job.
- syshum 9y agoNoticed I said Peaceful Collaboration. What part of "people should be exterminated" is peaceful to you? "people should be exterminated" largely happens when people stop collaboration, isolate themselves from "the others" in a mono-culture of extremism.