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> correcting people who are clearly misinformed on clear matters of fact can cause offense This is modern anti-culture. It's a climate where "opinions" matter
by heresie-dabord 6y ago
> correcting people who are clearly misinformed on clear matters of fact can cause offense
This is modern anti-culture. It's a climate where "opinions" matter more than knowledge and consumerism matters more than democracy.
There are many employers. I am an employee, but I am first and foremost a citizen in a Democracy... If I have the courage to defend it and the will to learn/educate.
An educational system worth the title should provide understanding of society and democracy.
- christophilus 6y agoI’d say it’s where only mainstream opinions matter, and all else is heresy punishable by fire.
- giantg2 6y ago"It's a climate where 'opinions' matter more than knowledge..." It's not just that. Sometimes the people don't understand the difference between their opinion and facts. Like I could point out some factual incorrectness and they see me as attacking their opinion. A lot of the time they coincidence, but sometimes I might be in favor of their opinion based on other facts and simply don't want misinformation to spread. Or we might share the same objective but that false information would lead to a flawed implementation that would block us from achieving a shared goal. Not to mention, I try not to attack an actual opinion, because everyone is entitled to one, even if it differs from mine.
- eplanit 6y agoThis is why employers want to survey applicants' social media posts, to filter out those with activist views like this.
- catpatter 6y ago"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Isaac Asimov