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I’ve always associated “strong opinions” as “strongly stated”. Or in other terms with an attitude of “I have said this and I’m right.” It’s very dismissive and
by kayodelycaon 4y ago
I’ve always associated “strong opinions” as “strongly stated”. Or in other terms with an attitude of “I have said this and I’m right.”
It’s very dismissive and unnecessarily confrontational.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoIf someone has that attitude then they are not "weakly" or "loosely" holding their opinion and I'd further argue that they don't even have an opinion and instead just "want to be right". That is an implementation of "I don't give a fuck what's true, tightly held".
- jfengel 4y agoThe advice doesn't give any direction one way or the other on how you express the opinion. Some interpret "weakly held" to mean "hold your tongue"; some interpret "strong opinions" as "opinions worthy of being expressed strongly". The advice in thus kind of vapid: it doesn't tell you how to apply the opinion in the very important case that others disagree with it. The advice is most apropos in a vacuum -- and applies perfectly to your opinion of a spherical cow.